ܡܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Compare Arabic مَا (mā), مَاذَا (māḏā) and Hebrew מָה (má).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [mɑː]

Pronoun

ܡܵܐ • (mā)

1. (interrogative) what?

   ܡܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܫܸܡܘܼܟ݂؟ ― mā ìlēh šimmoḵ? ― What is your name?

   ܡܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܒܸܫܐܵܠܵܐ؟ ― mā ìwet bišˀālā? ― What are you asking?

2. (relative) that which, what

   ܩܪܝܼ ܡܵܐ ܟܬ݂ܝܼܒ݂ ܠܝܼ. ― qrī mā kṯīḇ lī. ― Read what I wrote.

   ܟܹܐ ܝܵܕ݂ܥܹܢ ܡܵܐ ܓܵܘܢܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܡܲܦܠܚܸܢ. ― kē yāḏˁēn mā gāwnā bit maplḥin. ― I know what colour I will to use.

   ܡܵܐ ܟܸܣܦܵܐ ܕܩܵܢܹܝܢ، ܒܸܬ ܚܲܣܟ݂ܸܢ ܠܹܗ. ― mā kispā d-qānēn, bit ḥasḵin lēh. ― What money I earn, I will save it.

Derived terms

• ܠܡܵܐ (lemā, “why”)
• ܟܠ ܡܵܐ (kul mā, “whatever”)
• ܡܵܐ ܠܘܼܟ݂ (mā lūḵ, “what's the matter with you”)
• ܡܵܐ ܡܸܢܘܼܟ݂ (mā minūḵ, “what's up, how are you”)

See also

• ܡܵܗܵܐ (māhā)
• ܡܘܿܕܝܼ (mōdī)
• ܡܵܝ (māy)

Turoyo

Etymology 1

Turoyo numbers ^(edit)

		1,000
←  10	←  90	100	200  →	1,000  →
		10
Cardinal: ܡܐ (mo)     Ordinal: ܕܰܡ ܡܐ (dam mo)

From Aramaic מאא from Proto-Semitic *miʾat-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo/

Numeral

ܡܳܐ • (mo) ?

1. hundred

Etymology 2

From Aramaic מן (min)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me/

Preposition

ܡܶܐ • (me)

1. from

Derived terms

• ܡܰܝܟܐ (mayko, “from where”)