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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit मेधा (medhā́).
Proper noun
मेधा • (medhā) f
- a female given name, Medha, from Sanskrit
Declension
Declension of मेधा (fem ā-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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मेधा
medhā
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मेधाएँ
medhāẽ
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| oblique
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मेधा
medhā
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मेधाओं
medhāõ
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| vocative
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मेधा
medhā
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मेधाओ
medhāo
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Pali
Noun
मेधा f
- Devanagari script form of medhā
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
- মেধা (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬾᬥᬵ (Balinese script)
- মেধা (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰸𑰠𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑁂𑀥𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- မေဓာ (Burmese script)
- મેધા (Gujarati script)
- ਮੇਧਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍇𑌧𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦺꦣꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂵𑂡𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೇಧಾ (Kannada script)
- មេធា (Khmer script)
- ເມຘາ (Lao script)
- മേധാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡝᢡᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘹𑘠𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠧᢑᠾᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧚𑧀𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐾𑐢𑐵 (Newa script)
- ମେଧା (Odia script)
- ꢪꢾꢤꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆼𑆣𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖸𑖠𑖯 (Siddham script)
- මෙධා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩔𑩮𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚲𑚜𑚭 (Takri script)
- மேத⁴ா (Tamil script)
- మేధా (Telugu script)
- เมธา (Thai script)
- མེ་དྷཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒹𑒡𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨄𑨜𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *mazdʰáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mazdʰáH, from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥s-dʰh₁-éh₂, from *men(s)dʰh₁- (“to pay attention, wisdom”), from *men- (“mind”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁 (mazdā), Old Persian (mazdā), Ancient Greek μανθάνω (manthánō, “to learn”).
Pronunciation
Noun
मेधा • (medhā́) stem, f
- wisdom, intelligence
- mental ability
Declension
Descendants
References