मधु

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मधु (madhu).

मधु (madhu) m (Kaithi 𑂧𑂡𑂳)

1. honey

Borrowed from Sanskrit मधु (mádhu).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mə.d̪ʱuː/,

मधु • (madhu) m (Urdu spelling مدھو)

1. honey

   Synonym: शहद (śahad)

   हर मधुमक्खी रानी के लिए मधु बनाती है।

   har madhumakkhī rānī ke lie madhu banātī hai.

   Every honeybee makes honey for the queen.

• मधुर (madhur, “sweet”)

• Platts, John T. (1884) “मधु”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Borrowed from Sanskrit मधु (madhu).

• IPA^(key): /mə.d̪ʱu/,

मधु • (madhu) n

1. honey

मधु n

1. Devanagari script form of madhu

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰu (“honey, wine”), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey, wine, mead”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬜𐬎 (maδu), Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu), Lithuanian medùs, Old Church Slavonic медъ (medŭ, “honey”), Old English medu (whence English mead).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ́.dʱu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ.d̪ʱu/

मधु • (mádhu) stem, n

1. honey
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.39.6:

     ओष्ठा॑विव॒ मध्व्आ॒स्ने वद॑न्ता॒ स्तना॑विव पिप्यतं जी॒वसे॑ नः।
     नासे॑व नस्त॒न्वो॑ रक्षि॒तारा॒ कर्णा॑विव सु॒श्रुता॑ भूतम॒स्मे॥

     óṣṭhāviva mádhvāsné vádantā stánāviva pipyataṃ jīváse naḥ.
     nā́seva nastanvò rakṣitā́rā kárṇāviva suśrútā bhūtamasmé.

     Like two lips that with the mouth speak honey, like two breasts that nourish our existence, like the two nostrils that protect our being, be to us like our ears that hear distinctly.

2. mead; any sweet liquid
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.38.8:

     वाजे॑वाजेऽवत वाजिनो नो॒ धने॑षु विप्रा अमृता ऋतज्ञाः।
     अ॒स्य मध्व॑: पिबत मा॒दय॑ध्वं तृ॒प्ता या॑त प॒थिभि॑र्देव॒यानै॑:॥

     vā́jevājeʼvata vājino no dháneṣu viprā amṛtā ṛtajñāḥ.
     asyá mádhvaḥ pibata mādáyadhvaṃ tṛptā́ yāta pathíbhirdevayā́naiḥ.

     Deep-skilled in Law eternal, deathless, Singers, O Vajins, help us in each fray for booty.
     Drink of this mead, be satisfied, be joyful: then go on paths which Gods are wont to travel.

3. the juice or nectar of flowers, any sweet intoxicating drink, wine or spirituous liquor
4. (poetic) milk or anything produced from milk (as butter, ghee etc.)

• माधव (mā́dhava)
• मधूक (madhū́ka)
• मधुसूदन (madhusūdana)

• Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀳𑀼 (mahu)
  • Assamese: মৌ (mou)
  • Bengali: মউ (mou), মৌ (mōu)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀳𑀼 (mahu)
  • Konkani: म्होंव (mhõv)
• Pali: madhu
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀥𑀼 (madhu)
  • Gujarati: મધ (madh)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: मधु (madhu)

    Urdu: مدھو (madhu)

  • Romani: mol, mod, mou
• → Assamese: মধু (modhu) (learned)
• → Bengali: মধু (modhu) (learned)
• → Bhojpuri: मधु (madhu) (learned)
• → Kannada: ಮಧು (madhu) (learned)
• → Malay: madu (learned)
  • Indonesian: madu
• → Marathi: मध (madh) (learned)
• → Old Javanese: madhu
  • Javanese: ꦩꦢꦸ (madu)
  • → Balinese: ᬫᬥᬸ (madu)
• → Old Marathi: 𑘦𑘟𑘳 (madu) (learned)
• → Rohingya: modú (learned)
• → Sinhalese: මධු (madhu) (learned)
• → Sundanese: ᮙᮓᮥ (madu)
• → Old Tamil: 𑀫𑀢𑀼 (matu)
  • Tamil: மது (matu)
• → Telugu: మధువు (madhuvu) (learned)

मधु • (madhu) stem, m

1. name of the first month of the year - Chaitra, the season of spring
2. name of Shiva
3. name of a demon killed by Vishnu

मधु • (mádhu) stem

1. sweet, delicious, pleasant

• मधुच्छन्दस् (madhucchandas)

• Monier Williams (1899) “मधु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 779/2.