مے

Urdu

Alternative forms
  • مَئے‎ (ma'e)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian می‎ (may, “wine”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey, mead”). Doublet of مدھو‎ (madhu).

Pronunciation

Noun

مے • (mai) f (Hindi spelling मय)

  1. liquor
  2. wine, alcohol
  3. (poetry, Sufism) devotee, lover
    ‏مے کشو‎ ― mai kaśo ― Devoted lovers

References
  • “مے”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “مے”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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