मेघ

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Braj

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मेघ (megha).

Noun

मेघ (meghm

  1. cloud
  2. (specifically) a raincloud
    पावस सघन आए, मेघन गगन छाएpāvas saghan āe, meghna gagan chāe(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मेघ (megha). Doublet of मेंह (mẽh).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /meːɡʱ/

Noun

मेघ (meghm (Urdu spelling میگھ)

  1. cloud
    Synonym: बादल (bādal)

Declension

Proper noun

मेघ (meghm (Urdu spelling میگھ)

  1. (Indian classical music) a monsoon raga of the Kafi thaat

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मेघ (megha).

Pronunciation

Noun

मेघ (meghm

  1. cloud

Declension

Declension of मेघ (masc cons-stem)
direct
singular
मेघ
megh
direct
plural
मेघ
megh
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
मेघ
megh
मेघ
megh
oblique
सामान्यरूप
मेघा
meghā
मेघां-
meghān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
मेघाला
meghālā
मेघांना
meghānnā
ergative मेघाने, मेघानं
meghāne, meghāna
मेघांनी
meghānnī
instrumental मेघाशी
meghāśī
मेघांशी
meghānśī
locative
सप्तमी
मेघात
meghāt
मेघांत
meghāt
vocative
संबोधन
मेघा
meghā
मेघांनो
meghānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of मेघ (masc cons-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म
feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular*
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
मेघाचा
meghāċā
मेघाचे
meghāċe
मेघाची
meghācī
मेघाच्या
meghācā
मेघाचे, मेघाचं
meghāċe, meghāċa
मेघाची
meghācī
मेघाच्या
meghācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
मेघांचा
meghānċā
मेघांचे
meghānċe
मेघांची
meghāñcī
मेघांच्या
meghāncā
मेघांचे, मेघांचं
meghānċe, meghānċa
मेघांची
meghāñcī
मेघांच्या
meghāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “मेघ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मेघ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “मेघ”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

मेघ m

  1. Devanagari script form of megha

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmaygʰás (cloud), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃moygʰ-ós, from *h₃meygʰ- (fog, cloud).

Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬖𐬀 (maēγa, cloud), Persian میغ (miğ, cloud, fog), Old Armenian մէգ (mēg), Ancient Greek ὀμίχλη (omíkhlē, mist, fog), Russian мгла (mgla), Albanian mjegull, English mist.

Pronunciation

Noun

मेघ (meghá) stemm

  1. a cloud
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.181.8:
      उ॒त स्या वां॒ रुश॑तो॒ वप्स॑सो॒ गीस्त्रि॑ब॒र्हिषि॒ सद॑सि पिन्वते॒ नॄन् ।
      वृषा॑ वां मे॒घो वृ॑षणा पीपाय॒ गोर्न सेके॒ मनु॑षो दश॒स्यन् ॥
      utá syā́ vāṃ rúśato vápsaso gī́stribarhíṣi sádasi pinvate nṝ́n .
      vṛ́ṣā vāṃ meghó vṛṣaṇā pīpāya górná séke mánuṣo daśasyán .
      May the praise of your resplendent forms, uttered in the hall of sacrifice, thrice strewn with sacred grass, bring prosperity to the conductors of the sacrifice. Showerers of benefits, may the raining-cloud, proceeding to man, nourish him like a sprinkling of water.
  2. a mass, multitude
  3. (in music) a particular rāga

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मेघ (meghá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मेघः
megháḥ
मेघौ / मेघा¹
meghaú / meghā́¹
मेघाः / मेघासः¹
meghā́ḥ / meghā́saḥ¹
Vocative मेघ
mégha
मेघौ / मेघा¹
méghau / méghā¹
मेघाः / मेघासः¹
méghāḥ / méghāsaḥ¹
Accusative मेघम्
meghám
मेघौ / मेघा¹
meghaú / meghā́¹
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
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

References