# مدد
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

* Root
* م د د (m d d)
* 14 terms

#### Noun

مَدَد • (madad) m (plural أَمْدَاد (ʔamdād))
* help, assistance

##### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: mədət
* → Northern Kurdish: meded
* → Ottoman Turkish: مدد (meded)
    > Turkish: medet, Medet (inherited)
* → Classical Persian: مَدَد (madad) (see there for further descendants)
* → Tajik: мадад (madad)
* → Turkmen: medet
* → Uyghur: مەدەت (medet)
* → Uzbek: madad

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

مُدَد • (mudad) f pl
* plural of مُدَّة (mudda)

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

مَدَّدَ • (maddada) II (non-past يُمَدِّدُ (yumaddidu), verbal noun تَمْدِيد (tamdīd))
* to extend, to stretch out

##### Conjugation
## Gojri
### Alternative forms

* مَدَت (madat)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَدَد (madad), from Arabic مَدَد (madad).

### Noun

مَدَد (madad) f
* help, support, succour, relief

### Further reading

* Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 401.
* Javaid Rahi (2015) “مَدَدْ”, in گوجری ڈکشنری [Gojri Dictionary] (in Gojri), page 129, column 1.

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَدَد (madad).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ma.ðað]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mä.d̪äd̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [mä.d̪äd̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [mä.d̪äd̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [mä.d̪äd̪̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [mæ.d̪æd̪̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [mä.d̪äd̪]

### Noun

مدد • (madad)
* help, assistance

#### Derived terms

* مددکار (madadkâr)
* مددزاده (madadzâde)
* مددیان (madadiyân)

#### Descendants

* → Assamese: মদত (modot)
* → Awadhi: मदति (madti)
* → Bengali: মদত (modot), মদৎ (modot), মদদ (modod)
* → Braj: मदत (madat), मदद (madad)
* → Dogri: madad
    Devanagari script: मदद
    Dogra script: 𑠢𑠛𑠛
* → Doteli: मद्दत (maddat)
* → Gojri: مَدَدْ (madad)
* → Gujarati: મદદ (madad)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: मदद (madad)
    Urdu: مَدَدْ (madad)
*   * → Phalura:
       Arabic script: مدد
       Latin script: madád
* → Kannada: ಮದತ್ತು (madattu), ಮದತು (madatu), ಮದದ್ (madad)
* → Kazakh: медет (medet)
* → Konkani:
    Devanagari script: मदत (madat)
    Kannada script: ಮದತ್
    Latin script: mozot
* → Maithili: madati, madait
    Devanagari script: मदति (madᵊtɨ)
    Tirhuta script: 𑒧𑒠𑒞𑒱 (madati)
* → Malvi: मदत (madat), मदद (madad)
* → Marathi: मदत (madat)
* → Marwari:
    Devanagari script: मदत (madat), मदद (madad)
    Mahajani script: 𑅬𑅥𑅣 (mdt), 𑅬𑅥𑅥 (mdd)
* → Nepali: मदत् (madat)
* → Odia: ମଦତ୍ (madat), ମଦଦ୍ (madad)
* → Punjabi: madad, madat
    Gurmukhi script: ਮਦਦ, ਮਦਤ
    Shahmukhi script: مَدَدْ, مَدَتْ
* → Saraiki:
    Devanagari script: मदत (madat)
    Multani script: 𑊠𑊘𑊖 (mdt)
    Shahmukhi script: مَدَتْ (madat)
* → Sindhi: madata
    Arabic script: مَدَتَ
    Devanagari script: मदत
    Khudabadi script: 𑋗𑋏𑋍
* → Telugu: మద్దతు (maddatu)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَدَد (madad), borrowed from Arabic مَدَد (madad). First attested in c. 1611 as Middle Hindi مدد (mdd /⁠madad⁠/).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /mə.d̪əd̪/
** (colloquial) IPA: [mə.d̪ət̪]
* Hyphenation: مَ‧دَد
* Rhymes: -əd̪

### Noun

مَدَد • (madad) f (formal plural اِمْدَاد (imdād), Hindi spelling मदद)
* help, assistance
* aid, relief
* (by extension) supply, aid
* reinforcement

#### Declension

Declension of مدد :
| | singular | plural |
| direct | مَدَد (madad) | مَدَدیں (madadẽ) |
| oblique | مَدَد (madad) | مَدَدوں (madadõ) |
| vocative | مَدَد (madad) | مَدَدو (madado) |

#### Descendants

* → Phalura:
    Arabic script: مدد
    Latin script: madád

### References

* ↑ “مدد”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

### Further reading

* “مدد”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
* Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “مدد”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]