मद

See also: मृदु and मृदा

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /məd̪/, [mɐd̪]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مَدّ (madd).

Noun

मद • (mad) f (Urdu spelling مد)

1. item, entry (e.g. in a bill)
2. madd, maddah

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit मद (mada).

Noun

मद • (mad) m (Urdu spelling مد)

1. intoxication; passion

   Synonym: नशा (naśā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मद”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “मद”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

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Old Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मद (mada)

Noun

मद • (mada) m

1. wantonness, rut

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• mada (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• মদ (Bengali script)
• මද (Sinhalese script)
• မဒ or မၻ (Burmese script)
• มท or มะทะ (Thai script)
• ᨾᨴ (Tai Tham script)
• ມທ or ມະທະ (Lao script)
• មទ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄘 (Chakma script)

Noun

मद m

1. pride
2. intoxication
3. conceit
4. sexual excess

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Sanskrit

Etymology

Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬜𐬀 (maδa-, “intoxication”).

Noun

मद • (máda) stem, m

1. hilarity, rapture, excitement, inspiration, intoxication (RV. etc.)
   • 8th c., Bhavabhuti, Uttararāmacarita (Rama's Last Act), Act I, verse 36

     viniścetuṃ śakyo / na sukham iti vā duḥkham iti vā / pramoho nidrā vā / kim u viṣa|visarpaḥ kim u madaḥ?

     tava sparśe sparśe / mama hi parimūḍh’|êndriya|gaṇo/vikāraś caitanyaṃ / bhramayati ca sammīlayati ca.

     Every single time you touch me / a kind of transformation— / it can’t be described as joy or sorrow, / ecstasy or sleep,

     a state of intoxication / or all-suffusing poison— / confuses my senses and at once / excites and dulls my awareness.

2. (dual with मदस्य (madasya)) name of 2 sāmans (ĀrshBr.)
3. (in compounds) ardent passion for (MBh.)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मद
Nom. sg.	मदः (madaḥ)
Gen. sg.	मदस्य (madasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मदः (madaḥ)	मदौ (madau)	मदाः (madāḥ)
Vocative	मद (mada)	मदौ (madau)	मदाः (madāḥ)
Accusative	मदम् (madam)	मदौ (madau)	मदान् (madān)
Instrumental	मदेन (madena)	मदाभ्याम् (madābhyām)	मदैः (madaiḥ)
Dative	मदाय (madāya)	मदाभ्याम् (madābhyām)	मदेभ्यः (madebhyaḥ)
Ablative	मदात् (madāt)	मदाभ्याम् (madābhyām)	मदेभ्यः (madebhyaḥ)
Genitive	मदस्य (madasya)	मदयोः (madayoḥ)	मदानाम् (madānām)
Locative	मदे (made)	मदयोः (madayoḥ)	मदेषु (madeṣu)

Descendants

• Tamil: மதம் (matam)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मद”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0777.