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

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mə.d̪ʱuː/, [mɐ.d̪ʱuː]

Noun

मधु • (madhu) m (Urdu spelling مدھو)

1. honey

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   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 or မꩪု (Burmese script)
• มธุ or มะธุ (Thai script)
• ᨾᨵᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຘຸ or ມະຘຸ (Lao script)
• មធុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄙𑄪 (Chakma script)

Noun

मधु n

1. Devanagari script form of madhu

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মধু (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬥᬸ (Balinese script)
• মধু (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰠𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀥𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• မဓု (Burmese script)
• મધુ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਧੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌧𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦣꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂡𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಧು (Kannada script)
• មធុ (Khmer script)
• ມຘຸ (Lao script)
• മധു (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᢡᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘠𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᢑᠾᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧀𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐢𑐸 (Newa script)
• ମଧୁ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢤꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆣𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖠𑖲 (Siddham script)
• මධු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩮𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚜𑚰 (Takri script)
• மது⁴ (Tamil script)
• మధు (Telugu script)
• มธุ (Thai script)
• མ་དྷུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒡𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨜𑨃 (Zanabazar Square 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.dʱu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ.d̪ʱu/

Noun

मधु • (mádhu) stem, 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 ||

     |

     ||

     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	मधूनि / मधु¹ / मधू¹ mádhūni / mádhu¹ / mádhū¹
Vocative	मधु / मधो mádhu / mádho	मधुनी mádhunī	मधूनि / मधु¹ / मधू¹ mádhūni / mádhu¹ / mádhū¹
Accusative	मधु mádhu	मधुनी mádhunī	मधूनि / मधु¹ / मधू¹ mádhūni / mádhu¹ / mádhū¹
Instrumental	मधुना / मध्वा¹ mádhunā / mádhvā¹	मधुभ्याम् mádhubhyām	मधुभिः mádhubhiḥ
Dative	मधुने / मधवे¹ / मध्वे¹ mádhune / mádhave¹ / mádhve¹	मधुभ्याम् mádhubhyām	मधुभ्यः mádhubhyaḥ
Ablative	मधुनः / मधोः¹ / मध्वः¹ mádhunaḥ / mádhoḥ¹ / mádhvaḥ¹	मधुभ्याम् mádhubhyām	मधुभ्यः mádhubhyaḥ
Genitive	मधुनः / मधोः¹ / मध्वः¹ mádhunaḥ / mádhoḥ¹ / mádhvaḥ¹	मधुनोः mádhunoḥ	मधूनाम् mádhūnām
Locative	मधुनि / मधौ¹ mádhuni / mádhau¹	मधुनोः mádhunoḥ	मधुषु mádhuṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• • Assamese: মৌ (mou)
  • Bengali: মউ (mou)
• • Konkani: म्होव (mhov), म्होवु (mhovu)
• Pali: madhu
• • Gujarati: મધ (madh)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: मधु (madhu)

    Urdu: مدھو (madhu)

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

Proper noun

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.

References

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