Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maaveh

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: maaveh
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Slang

Example Sentences

"For the young people in the youth clubs, the constant presence of local authorities was uncomfortable. At a Prevent funded youth club in Leeds, one of the boys complains to me: ‘Why is he [Danish] always letting the ‘maaveh’ (police) in here?’"

Etymology

Borrowed from Pahari-Potwari مان٘ویں (māṉveṉ), plural form of مان٘واں (māṉvāṉ, “mother's young brother”).

Usage

Slang

Questions

What does maaveh mean?: the police.
Where does maaveh come from?: Borrowed from Pahari-Potwari مان٘ویں (māṉveṉ), plural form of مان٘واں (māṉvāṉ, “mother's young brother”).

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