मघ

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मघ (magha).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /məɡʱ/, [mɐɡʱ]

Noun

मघ • (magh) m

1. reward, prize, bounty
2. riches, wealth

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मघ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “मघ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মঘ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬖ (Balinese script)
• মঘ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰑 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀖 (Brahmi script)
• မဃ (Burmese script)
• મઘ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਘ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌘 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦓ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂐 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಘ (Kannada script)
• មឃ (Khmer script)
• ມຆ (Lao script)
• മഘ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᢚᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘑 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠺᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑦱 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐑 (Newa script)
• ମଘ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢕ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆔 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖑 (Siddham script)
• මඝ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩟 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚍 (Takri script)
• மக⁴ (Tamil script)
• మఘ (Telugu script)
• มฆ (Thai script)
• མ་གྷ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒒 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨎 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *magʰám, from Proto-Indo-European *megʰóm. Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬔𐬀 (maga), Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐏁 (m-gu-š /⁠maguš⁠/), English may.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɡʱɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɡʱɐ/

Noun

म॒घ • (maghá) stem, n

1. wealth, power
2. gift, reward, bounty

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of म॒घ

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	म॒घम् (maghám)	म॒घे (maghé)	म॒घानि॑ (maghā́ni) म॒घा¹ (maghā́¹)
accusative	म॒घम् (maghám)	म॒घे (maghé)	म॒घानि॑ (maghā́ni) म॒घा¹ (maghā́¹)
instrumental	म॒घेन॑ (maghéna)	म॒घाभ्या॑म् (maghā́bhyām)	म॒घैः (magháiḥ) म॒घेभिः॑¹ (maghébhiḥ¹)
dative	म॒घाय॑ (maghā́ya)	म॒घाभ्या॑म् (maghā́bhyām)	म॒घेभ्यः॑ (maghébhyaḥ)
ablative	म॒घात् (maghā́t)	म॒घाभ्या॑म् (maghā́bhyām)	म॒घेभ्यः॑ (maghébhyaḥ)
genitive	म॒घस्य॑ (maghásya)	म॒घयोः॑ (magháyoḥ)	म॒घाना॑म् (maghā́nām)
locative	म॒घे (maghé)	म॒घयोः॑ (magháyoḥ)	म॒घेषु॑ (maghéṣu)
vocative	मघ॑ (mágha)	मघे॑ (mághe)	मघा॑नि (mághāni) मघा॑¹ (mághā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Related terms

• मघत्ति (maghátti)
• मघदेय (maghadéya)
• मघवन् (maghávan, “generous”)
• माघ (māghá)
• माघोन (mā́ghona)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “मघ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 772, column 2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “maghá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 289-290