मदिरा
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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit मदिरा (madirā).
Pronunciation
Noun
मदिरा • (madirā) f (Urdu spelling مدیرا)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | मदिरा madirā |
मदिराएँ madirāẽ |
| oblique | मदिरा madirā |
मदिराओं madirāõ |
| vocative | मदिरा madirā |
मदिराओ madirāo |
Proper noun
मदिरा • (madirā) f
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| direct | मदिरा madirā |
| oblique | मदिरा madirā |
| vocative | मदिरा madirā |
References
- Platts, John T. (1884) “मदिरा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Old Gujarati
Noun
मदिरा • (madirā) f
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মদিৰা (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬤᬶᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
- মদিরা (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰟𑰰𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀤𑀺𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- မဒိရာ (Burmese script)
- મદિરા (Gujarati script)
- ਮਦਿਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌦𑌿𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦢꦶꦫꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂠𑂱𑂩𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಮದಿರಾ (Kannada script)
- មទិរា (Khmer script)
- ມທິຣາ (Lao script)
- മദിരാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᡩᡳᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘟𑘱𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᢑᠢᠷᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑦿𑧒𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐡𑐶𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
- ମଦିରା (Odia script)
- ꢪꢣꢶꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆢𑆴𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖟𑖰𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
- මදිරා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩭𑩑𑩼𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚛𑚮𑚤𑚭 (Takri script)
- மதி³ரா (Tamil script)
- మదిరా (Telugu script)
- มทิรา (Thai script)
- མ་དི་རཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒠𑒱𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨛𑨁𑨫𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Feminine of मदिर (madirá), from Proto-Indo-European *m̥h₂d-h₂-ró-s. See मदिर (madirá) and मत्त (mattá) for cognates.
Pronunciation
Noun
मदिरा • (madirā) stem, f
- spirituous liquor, any inebriating drink, wine, nectar; specifically those derived from sugars (sugarcane, jaggery), grains, and mahwa flowers, contrasting with आसव (āsava)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मदिरा (madirā) | मदिरे (madire) | मदिराः (madirāḥ) |
| accusative | मदिराम् (madirām) | मदिरे (madire) | मदिराः (madirāḥ) |
| instrumental | मदिरया (madirayā) मदिरा¹ (madirā¹) |
मदिराभ्याम् (madirābhyām) | मदिराभिः (madirābhiḥ) |
| dative | मदिरायै (madirāyai) | मदिराभ्याम् (madirābhyām) | मदिराभ्यः (madirābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मदिरायाः (madirāyāḥ) मदिरायै² (madirāyai²) |
मदिराभ्याम् (madirābhyām) | मदिराभ्यः (madirābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मदिरायाः (madirāyāḥ) मदिरायै² (madirāyai²) |
मदिरयोः (madirayoḥ) | मदिराणाम् (madirāṇām) |
| locative | मदिरायाम् (madirāyām) | मदिरयोः (madirayoḥ) | मदिरासु (madirāsu) |
| vocative | मदिरे (madire) | मदिरे (madire) | मदिराः (madirāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मदिरा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 778.