मद

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See also: मृदु and मृदा

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /məd̪/,

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مَدّ (madd).

Noun

मद • (mad) f (Urdu spelling مد)

  1. item, entry (e.g. in a bill)
  2. madd, maddah
Declension
Declension of मद (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct मद
mad 		मदें
madẽ
oblique मद
mad 		मदों
madõ
vocative मद
mad 		मदो
mado

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit मद (mada).

Noun

मद • (mad) m (Urdu spelling مد)

  1. intoxication; passion
    Synonym: नशा (naśā)
Declension
Declension of मद (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct मद
mad 		मद
mad
oblique मद
mad 		मदों
madõ
vocative मद
mad 		मदो
mado

References

  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मद”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Bahri, Hardev (1989) “मद”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मद (mada).

Noun

मद • (mada) m

  1. wantonness, rut

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Noun

मद m

  1. pride
  2. intoxication
  3. conceit
  4. sexual excess

Declension

Declension table of "मद" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)मदो (mado)मदा (madā)
Accusative (second)मदं (madaṃ)मदे (made)
Instrumental (third)मदेन (madena)मदेहि (madehi) or मदेभि (madebhi)
Dative (fourth)मदस्स (madassa) or मदाय (madāya) or मदत्थं (madatthaṃ)मदानं (madānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)मदस्मा (madasmā) or मदम्हा (madamhā) or मदा (madā)मदेहि (madehi) or मदेभि (madebhi)
Genitive (sixth)मदस्स (madassa)मदानं (madānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)मदस्मिं (madasmiṃ) or मदम्हि (madamhi) or मदे (made)मदेसु (madesu)
Vocative (calling)मद (mada)मदा (madā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Related to मदिर (madirá) and मत्त (mattá), all three being ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬜𐬀- (maδa-, “intoxication”).

Pronunciation

Noun

मद • (máda) stem, m

  1. hilarity, rapture, excitement, inspiration, intoxication (RV. etc.)
    • 8th c., Bhavabhuti, Uttararāmacarita (Rama's Last Act), Act I, verse 36
      viniścetuṃ śakyo / na sukham iti vā duḥkham iti vā / pramoho nidrā vā / kim u viṣa|visarpaḥ kim u madaḥ?
      tava sparśe sparśe / mama hi parimūḍh’|êndriya|gaṇo/vikāraś caitanyaṃ / bhramayati ca sammīlayati ca.
      Every single time you touch me / a kind of transformation— / it can’t be described as joy or sorrow, / ecstasy or sleep,
      a state of intoxication / or all-suffusing poison— / confuses my senses and at once / excites and dulls my awareness.
  2. (dual with मदस्य (madasya)) name of 2 sāmans (ĀrshBr.)
  3. (in compounds) ardent passion for (MBh.)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मद
Nom. sg. मदः (madaḥ)
Gen. sg. मदस्य (madasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मदः (madaḥ) मदौ (madau) मदाः (madāḥ)
Vocative मद (mada) मदौ (madau) मदाः (madāḥ)
Accusative मदम् (madam) मदौ (madau) मदान् (madān)
Instrumental मदेन (madena) मदाभ्याम् (madābhyām) मदैः (madaiḥ)
Dative मदाय (madāya) मदाभ्याम् (madābhyām) मदेभ्यः (madebhyaḥ)
Ablative मदात् (madāt) मदाभ्याम् (madābhyām) मदेभ्यः (madebhyaḥ)
Genitive मदस्य (madasya) मदयोः (madayoḥ) मदानाम् (madānām)
Locative मदे (made) मदयोः (madayoḥ) मदेषु (madeṣu)

Descendants

  • Hindi: मद (mad)
  • Old Javanese: mada
  • Pali: mada
  • Tamil: மதம் (matam)
  • Malayalam: മദം (madaṁ)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “मद”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0777/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 299-300
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