मधु

See also: मृध and मेध

Bhojpuri

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मधु (mádhu).

Noun

मधु (madhu) ? (Kaithi 𑂧𑂡𑂳)

  1. honey

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मधु (mádhu).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mə.d̪ʱuː/

Noun

मधु • (madhu) m (Urdu spelling مدھو‎)

  1. honey
    हर मधुमक्खी रानी के लिए मधु बनाता है।
    har madhumakkhī rānī ke lie madhu banātā hai.
    Every honeybee makes honey for the queen.
    Synonym: शहद (śahad)

References
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “मधु”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • madhu (Latin script)
  • 𑀫𑀥𑀼 (Brahmi script)
  • মধু (Bengali script)
  • මධු (Sinhalese script)
  • မဓု (Burmese script)
  • มธุ (Thai script)
  • ᨾᨵᩩ (Tai Tham script)
  • មធុ (Khmer script)

Noun

मधु n

  1. Devanagari script form of madhu

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬫᬥᬸ (Balinese script)
  • মধু (Assamese script)
  • মধু (Bengali script)
  • 𑰦𑰟𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀫𑀥𑀼 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌮𑌧𑍁 (Grantha script)
  • મધુ (Gujarati script)
  • ꦩꦣꦸ (Javanese script)
  • ಮಧು (Kannada script)
  • မဓု (Burmese script)
  • ମଧୁ (Oriya script)
  • ꢪꢤꢸ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆩𑆣𑆶 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖦𑖠𑖲 (Siddham script)
  • మధు (Telugu script)
  • མདྷུ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒧𑒡𑒳 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *mádʰu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey, wine”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu), Lithuanian medùs, Old Church Slavonic медъ (medŭ, “honey”), Old English medu (whence English mead).

Pronunciation

Noun

मधु • (mádhu) n

  1. anything sweet (especially if liquid), mead etc.
  2. honey (said to possess intoxicating qualities and to be of 8 kinds)
    • RV 2.39.6a
      ओष्ठाविव मध्वास्ने वदन्ता सतनाविव पिप्यतं जीवसेनः |
      नासेव नस्तन्वो रक्षितारा कर्णाविव सुश्रुता भूतमस्मे ||
      oṣṭhāviva madhvāsne vadantā stanāviva pipyataṃ jīvasenaḥ |
      nāseva nastanvo rakṣitārā karṇāviva suśrutā bhūtamasme ||
      Even as two lips that with the mouth speak honey, even as two breasts that nourish our existence,
      Like the two nostrils that protect our being, be to us as our ears that hear distinctly.
  3. milk or anything produced from milk (as butter, ghee etc.)
  4. the juice or nectar of flowers, any sweet intoxicating drink, wine or spirituous liquor
  5. sugar
  6. water
  7. pyrites
  8. a kind of metre

Declension
Neuter u-stem declension of मधु (mádhu)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मधु
mádhu		 मधुनी
mádhunī		 मधू / मधु / मधूनि¹
mádhū / mádhu / mádhūni¹
Vocative मधु / मधो
mádhu / mádho		 मधुनी
mádhunī		 मधू / मधु / मधूनि¹
mádhū / mádhu / mádhūni¹
Accusative मधु
mádhu		 मधुनी
mádhunī		 मधू / मधु / मधूनि¹
mádhū / mádhu / mádhūni¹
Instrumental मधुना / मध्वा²
mádhunā / mádhvā²		 मधुभ्याम्
mádhubhyām		 मधुभिः
mádhubhiḥ
Dative मधवे / मध्वे³
mádhave / mádhve³		 मधुभ्याम्
mádhubhyām		 मधुभ्यः
mádhubhyaḥ
Ablative मधोः / मधुनः¹ / मध्वः³
mádhoḥ / mádhunaḥ¹ / mádhvaḥ³		 मधुभ्याम्
mádhubhyām		 मधुभ्यः
mádhubhyaḥ
Genitive मधोः / मधुनः¹ / मध्वः³
mádhoḥ / mádhunaḥ¹ / mádhvaḥ³		 मधुनोः
mádhunoḥ		 मधूनाम्
mádhūnām
Locative मधुनि¹
mádhuni¹		 मधुनोः
mádhunoḥ		 मधुषु
mádhuṣu
Notes
  • ¹Later Sanskrit
  • ²Vedic
  • ³Less common

Descendants
  • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
    • Assamese: মৌ (mou)
    • Bengali: মউ (môu)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀳𑀼 (mahu)
    • Konkani: म्होव (mhov), म्होवु (mhovu)
  • Pali: madhu
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀥𑀼 (madhu)
  • → Assamese: মধু (modhu)
  • → Bengali: মধু (môdhu)
  • → Kannada: ಮಧು (madhu)
  • → Marathi: मध (madh)
  • → Malay: madu
    • → Indonesian: madu
  • → Old Marathi: 𑘦𑘟𑘳 (madu)
  • → Tamil: மது (matu)
  • ⇒ Telugu: మధువు (madhuvu)

Proper noun

मधु • (madhu) m

  1. Name of the first month of the year - Chaitra, the season of spring.
  2. Name of Shiva.
  3. Name of a demon killed by Vishnu.

References
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