maaveh

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maaveh

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

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plural, plural only, slang the police. 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?’

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"maaveh." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/maaveh. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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maaveh. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/maaveh

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"maaveh." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/maaveh.

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@misc{maaveh_2026,
  title = {maaveh},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/maaveh},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}