Ma

See also: ма

Translingual

Symbol

Ma

(fluid mechanics) Symbol for the Mach number.
(metrology) Symbol for mega-annum (or megayears ago), a unit of time equal to one million (10⁶) years.

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation

Ma

May

Usage notes

Sometimes also written in lowercase as ma.

Etymology 2

Transcription of 馬／马 (mǎ).

Proper noun

Ma

A common surname of East Asian derivation.

Translations

Chinese surname

Arabic: مَا‎‎ (ar) (mā)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 馬 (zh), 马 (zh) (Mǎ)
Japanese: 馬 (ja) (ば, Ba), マー (Mā)

Korean: 마 (ko) (Ma) (馬 (ko))
Russian: Ма (Ma)
Vietnamese: Mã (馬 (vi)), Ma

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Ma

A language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

See also

Wiktionary's coverage of Ma terms

Anagrams

'am, A&M, A. & M., A.M., AM, Am, Am., a.m., am

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