मेघ
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit मेघ (meghá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmaygʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃moygʰ-ós, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ- (“fog, mist, cloud”). Doublet of मेंह (menh).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meːɡʱ/
Pali
Alternative forms
Declension
Declension table of "मेघ" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | मेघो | मेघा |
| Accusative (second) | मेघं | मेघे |
| Instrumental (third) | मेघेन | मेघेहि or मेघेभि |
| Dative (fourth) | मेघस्स or मेघाय or मेघत्थं | मेघानं |
| Ablative (fifth) | मेघस्मा or मेघम्हा or मेघा | मेघेहि or मेघेभि |
| Genitive (sixth) | मेघस्स | मेघानं |
| Locative (seventh) | मेघस्मिं or मेघम्हि or मेघे | मेघेसु |
| Vocative (calling) | मेघ | मेघा |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬫᬾᬖ (Balinese script)
- মেঘ (Assamese script)
- মেঘ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰸𑰑 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑁂𑀖 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌮𑍇𑌘 (Grantha script)
- મેઘ (Gujarati script)
- ꦩꦺꦓ (Javanese script)
- ಮೇಘ (Kannada script)
- မေဃ (Burmese script)
- ମେଘ (Oriya script)
- ꢪꢾꢕ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆼𑆔 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖸𑖑 (Siddham script)
- మేఘ (Telugu script)
- མེགྷ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒹𑒒 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hmaygʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmaygʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃moygʰ-ós (“fog, cloud”), from *h₃meygʰ-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬖𐬀 (maēγa, “cloud”), Persian میغ (meġ, “cloud, fog”), Old Armenian մէգ (mēg), Ancient Greek ὀμίχλη (omíkhlē, “mist, fog”), Russian мгла (mgla), Albanian mjegull, English mist.
Noun
मेघ • (meghá) m (Vedic maighá)
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of मेघ (meghá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | मेघः megháḥ |
मेघौ meghaú |
मेघाः / मेघासः¹ meghā́ḥ / meghā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | मेघ mégha |
मेघौ méghau |
मेघाः / मेघासः¹ méghāḥ / méghāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | मेघम् meghám |
मेघौ meghaú |
मेघान् meghā́n |
| Instrumental | मेघेन meghéna |
मेघाभ्याम् meghā́bhyām |
मेघैः / मेघेभिः¹ meghaíḥ / meghébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | मेघाय meghā́ya |
मेघाभ्याम् meghā́bhyām |
मेघेभ्यः meghébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | मेघात् meghā́t |
मेघाभ्याम् meghā́bhyām |
मेघेभ्यः meghébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | मेघस्य meghásya |
मेघयोः megháyoḥ |
मेघानाम् meghā́nām |
| Locative | मेघे meghé |
मेघयोः megháyoḥ |
मेघेषु meghéṣu |
| Notes |
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Descendants
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑁂𑀳 (meha)
- Magadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
- Assamese: মেহ (meh)
- Pali: megha
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑁂𑀳 (meha)
- Gujarati: મેહ (meh)
- Hindi: मेंह (menh)
- → Assamese: মেঘ (megh)
- → Bengali: মেঘ (megh)
- → Hindi: मेघ (megh)
- → Khmer: មេឃ (meik)
- → Malay: mega
- Indonesian: mega
- → Javanese: mega
- → Kannada: ಮೇಘ (mēgha)
- → Lao: ເມກ (mēk)
- → Oriya: ମେଘ (meghô)
- → Sylheti: ꠝꠦꠊ (meg, “rain”)
- → Tamil: மேகம் (mēkam)
- → Telugu: మేఘము (mēghamu)
- → Thai: เมฆ (mêek)
- → Urdu: میگھ (megh)
References
Monier Williams (1899), “मेघ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0831.
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