माफ

See also: माफ़

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian معاف (mu'āf), from Arabic مُعَافىً (muʕāfan), from the root ع ف و (ʕ f w). Compare Gujarati માફ (māph), Hindi माफ़ (māf), Punjabi ਮਾਫ (māph) / معاف (māf), Nepali माफ (māph).

Adjective

माफ • (māph)

  1. forgiven, pardoned
  • माफी (māphī, “forgiveness”)

References
  • Berntsen, Maxine, “माफ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “माफ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “माफ”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

Nepali

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mäɸ]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: माफ्

Noun

माफ • (māph)

  1. forgiveness, pardon
    माफ गर्नु  ―  māph garnu  ―  to forgive
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