Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mahua

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables: mahua
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Madhuca longifolia, a fast-growing Indian tropical tree cultivated for its oleaginous seeds.

Example Sentences

"When the Mannewars, another forest tribe of the Central Provinces, pick the flowers of the mahua tree (Bassia latifolia), they worship the tree and offer it some of the liquor distilled from the new flowers, along with a fowl and a goat."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi महुआ (mahuā).

Origin

Source language: Hindi

Word Breakdown

Root: महुआ

Inflected Forms

mahuas (plural) mahwa (alternative) mowra (alternative) mohwa (alternative) mowrah (alternative) mhowa (alternative) mowa (alternative) mowah (alternative) moh tree (alternative)

Synonyms

iluppai mowra butter tree

Questions

What does mahua mean?: Madhuca longifolia, a fast-growing Indian tropical tree cultivated for its oleaginous seeds.
Where does mahua come from?: It is traced to Hindi.

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