मधु

See also: मृध and मेध

Bhojpuri

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मधु (mádhu).

Noun

मधु (madhu) ? (Kaithi 𑂧𑂡𑂳)

1. honey

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मधु (mádhu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə.d̪ʱuː/

Noun

मधु • (madhu) m (Urdu spelling مدھو‎)

1. honey

   हर मधुमक्खी रानी के लिए मधु बनाता है।

   har madhumakkhī rānī ke lie madhu banātā hai.

   Every honeybee makes honey for the queen.

   Synonym: शहद (śahad)

Related terms

• मधुर (madhur, “sweet”)

References

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

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• madhu (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑀥𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• মধু (Bengali script)
• මධු (Sinhalese script)
• မဓု (Burmese script)
• มธุ or มะธุ (Thai script)
• ᨾᨵᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຘຸ or ມະຘຸ (Lao script)
• មធុ (Khmer script)

Noun

मधु n

1. Devanagari script form of madhu

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬫᬥᬸ (Balinese script)
• মধু (Bengali script)
• মধু (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰟𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀥𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌮𑌧𑍁 (Grantha script)
• મધુ (Gujarati script)
• ꦩꦣꦸ (Javanese script)
• ಮಧು (Kannada script)
• မဓု (Burmese script)
• ମଧୁ (Oriya script)
• ꢪꢤꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆣𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖠𑖲 (Siddham script)
• మధు (Telugu script)
• མདྷུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒡𑒳 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

मधु • (mádhu) n

1. anything sweet (especially if liquid), mead etc.
2. honey (said to possess intoxicating qualities and to be of 8 kinds)
   • RV 2.39.6a

     ओष्ठाविव मध्वास्ने वदन्ता सतनाविव पिप्यतं जीवसेनः |

     नासेव नस्तन्वो रक्षितारा कर्णाविव सुश्रुता भूतमस्मे ||

     oṣṭhāviva madhvāsne vadantā stanāviva pipyataṃ jīvasenaḥ |

     nāseva nastanvo rakṣitārā karṇāviva suśrutā bhūtamasme ||

     Even as two lips that with the mouth speak honey, even as two breasts that nourish our existence,

     Like the two nostrils that protect our being, be to us as our ears that hear distinctly.

3. milk or anything produced from milk (as butter, ghee etc.)
4. the juice or nectar of flowers, any sweet intoxicating drink, wine or spirituous liquor
5. sugar
6. water
7. pyrites
8. a kind of metre

Declension

Neuter u-stem declension of मधु (mádhu)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मधु mádhu	मधुनी mádhunī	मधू / मधु / मधूनि¹ mádhū / mádhu / mádhūni¹
Vocative	मधु / मधो mádhu / mádho	मधुनी mádhunī	मधू / मधु / मधूनि¹ mádhū / mádhu / mádhūni¹
Accusative	मधु mádhu	मधुनी mádhunī	मधू / मधु / मधूनि¹ mádhū / mádhu / mádhūni¹
Instrumental	मधुना / मध्वा² mádhunā / mádhvā²	मधुभ्याम् mádhubhyām	मधुभिः mádhubhiḥ
Dative	मधवे / मध्वे³ mádhave / mádhve³	मधुभ्याम् mádhubhyām	मधुभ्यः mádhubhyaḥ
Ablative	मधोः / मधुनः¹ / मध्वः³ mádhoḥ / mádhunaḥ¹ / mádhvaḥ³	मधुभ्याम् mádhubhyām	मधुभ्यः mádhubhyaḥ
Genitive	मधोः / मधुनः¹ / मध्वः³ mádhoḥ / mádhunaḥ¹ / mádhvaḥ³	मधुनोः mádhunoḥ	मधूनाम् mádhūnām
Locative	मधुनि¹ mádhuni¹	मधुनोः mádhunoḥ	मधुषु mádhuṣu
Notes	¹Later Sanskrit ²Vedic ³Less common

Descendants

• Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
  • Assamese: মৌ (mou)
  • Bengali: মউ (môu)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀳𑀼 (mahu)
  • Konkani: म्होव (mhov), म्होवु (mhovu)
• Pali: madhu
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀥𑀼 (madhu)
  • Gujarati: મધ (madh)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: मधु (madhu)

    Urdu: مدھو‎ (madhu)

  • Romani: mol, mod, mou
• → Assamese: মধু (modhu)
• → Bengali: মধু (môdhu)
• → Kannada: ಮಧು (madhu)
• → Marathi: मध (madh)
• → Malay: madu
  • → Indonesian: madu
• → Old Marathi: 𑘦𑘟𑘳 (madu)
• → Tamil: மது (matu)
• ⇒ Telugu: మధువు (madhuvu)

Proper noun

मधु • (madhu) 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.

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “मधु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 779/2.