मद्यपान

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit मद्यपान (madyapāna). By surface analysis, मद्य (madya, “alcohol”) +‎ पान (pān, “drinking”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /məd̪.jə.pɑːn/, [mɐd̪.jɐ.pä̃ːn]

Noun

मद्यपान • (madyapān) m

1. (formal) drinking of alcohol

Declension

Declension of मद्यपान (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मद्यपान madyapān	मद्यपान madyapān
oblique	मद्यपान madyapān	मद्यपानों madyapānõ
vocative	मद्यपान madyapān	मद्यपानो madyapāno

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “मद्यपान”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884), “madya-pān”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मद्य-पान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মদ্যপান (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬤ᭄ᬬᬧᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
• মদ্যপান (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰟𑰿𑰧𑰢𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀤𑁆𑀬𑀧𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• မဒျပါန (Burmese script)
• મદ્યપાન (Gujarati script)
• ਮਦ੍ਯਪਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌪𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦢꦾꦥꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂠𑂹𑂨𑂣𑂰𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಮದ್ಯಪಾನ (Kannada script)
• មទ្យបាន (Khmer script)
• ມທ຺ຍປານ (Lao script)
• മദ്യപാന (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᡩᠶᠠᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘟𑘿𑘧𑘢𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᢑᠶ᠋ᠠᢒᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑦿𑧠𑧇𑧂𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐡𑑂𑐫𑐥𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
• ମଦ୍ଯପାନ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢣ꣄ꢫꢦꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆢𑇀𑆪𑆥𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖟𑖿𑖧𑖢𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
• මද්‍යපාන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩭 𑪙𑩻𑩰𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚛𑚶𑚣𑚞𑚭𑚝 (Takri script)
• மத்³யபாந (Tamil script)
• మద్యపాన (Telugu script)
• มทฺยปาน (Thai script)
• མ་དྱ་པཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒠𑓂𑒨𑒣𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨛𑩇𑨪𑨞𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of मद्य (mádya, “liquor”) +‎ पान (pā́na, “drinking”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐd̪.jɐ.pɑː.n̪ɐ/

Noun

मद्यपान • (madyapāna) stem, n

1. (Classical Sanskrit) drinking of alcohol
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
   • c. 300 BCE, Pañcatantra
   • c. 600 BCE – 600 CE, Suśruta, Suśruta Saṃhitā

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of मद्यपान

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मद्यपानम् (madyapānam)	मद्यपाने (madyapāne)	मद्यपानानि (madyapānāni)
accusative	मद्यपानम् (madyapānam)	मद्यपाने (madyapāne)	मद्यपानानि (madyapānāni)
instrumental	मद्यपानेन (madyapānena)	मद्यपानाभ्याम् (madyapānābhyām)	मद्यपानैः (madyapānaiḥ)
dative	मद्यपानाय (madyapānāya)	मद्यपानाभ्याम् (madyapānābhyām)	मद्यपानेभ्यः (madyapānebhyaḥ)
ablative	मद्यपानात् (madyapānāt)	मद्यपानाभ्याम् (madyapānābhyām)	मद्यपानेभ्यः (madyapānebhyaḥ)
genitive	मद्यपानस्य (madyapānasya)	मद्यपानयोः (madyapānayoḥ)	मद्यपानानाम् (madyapānānām)
locative	मद्यपाने (madyapāne)	मद्यपानयोः (madyapānayoḥ)	मद्यपानेषु (madyapāneṣu)
vocative	मद्यपान (madyapāna)	मद्यपाने (madyapāne)	मद्यपानानि (madyapānāni)

Descendants

• Prakrit: मज्जपाण (majjapāṇa)
• → Hindi: मद्यपान (madyapān) (learned)
• → Kannada: ಮದ್ಯಪಾನ (madyapāna) (learned)
• → Marathi: मद्यपान (madyapān) (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “मद्यपान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 779.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “मद्यपान”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “मद्यपान”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press