मेघ

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मेघ (meghá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmaygʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃moygʰ-ós, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ- (“fog, mist, cloud”). Doublet of मेंह (mẽh).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /meːɡʱ/

Noun

मेघ • (megh) m (Urdu spelling میگھ)

1. cloud

   Synonym: बादल (bādal)

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• megha (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑁂𑀖 (Brahmi script)
• মেঘ (Bengali script)
• මෙඝ (Sinhalese script)
• မေဃ or မေꧠ (Burmese script)
• เมฆ or เมฆะ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩮᨥ (Tai Tham script)
• ເມຆ or ເມຆະ (Lao script)
• មេឃ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄬𑄊 (Chakma script)

Noun

मेघ m

1. cloud
2. rain

Declension

Declension table of "मेघ" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	मेघो (megho)	मेघा (meghā)
Accusative (second)	मेघं (meghaṃ)	मेघे (meghe)
Instrumental (third)	मेघेन (meghena)	मेघेहि (meghehi) or मेघेभि (meghebhi)
Dative (fourth)	मेघस्स (meghassa) or मेघाय (meghāya) or मेघत्थं (meghatthaṃ)	मेघानं (meghānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	मेघस्मा (meghasmā) or मेघम्हा (meghamhā) or मेघा (meghā)	मेघेहि (meghehi) or मेघेभि (meghebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	मेघस्स (meghassa)	मेघानं (meghānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	मेघस्मिं (meghasmiṃ) or मेघम्हि (meghamhi) or मेघे (meghe)	मेघेसु (meghesu)
Vocative (calling)	मेघ (megha)	मेघा (meghā)

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মেঘ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬾᬖ (Balinese script)
• মেঘ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰸𑰑 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑁂𑀖 (Brahmi script)
• မေဃ (Burmese script)
• મેઘ (Gujarati script)
• ਮੇਘ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍇𑌘 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦺꦓ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂵𑂐 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೇಘ (Kannada script)
• មេឃ (Khmer script)
• ເມຆ (Lao script)
• മേഘ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡝᢚᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘹𑘑 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠧᠺᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧚𑦱 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐾𑐑 (Newa script)
• ମେଘ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢾꢕ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆼𑆔 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖸𑖑 (Siddham script)
• මෙඝ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩔𑩟 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚲𑚍 (Takri script)
• மேக⁴ (Tamil script)
• మేఘ (Telugu script)
• เมฆ (Thai script)
• མེ་གྷ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒹𑒒 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨄𑨎 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hmaygʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmaygʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃moygʰ-ós (“fog, cloud”), from *h₃meygʰ-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬖𐬀 (maēγa, “cloud”), Persian میغ (meġ, “cloud, fog”), Old Armenian մէգ (mēg), Ancient Greek ὀμίχλη (omíkhlē, “mist, fog”), Russian мгла (mgla), Albanian mjegull, English mist.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

मेघ • (meghá) stem, m (Vedic maighá)

1. cloud
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.181.8:

     वृषा वां मेघो वृषणा पीपाय गोर्न सेके मनुषो दशस्यन् ॥

     vṛṣā vāṃ megho vṛṣaṇā pīpāya gorna seke manuṣo daśasyan.

     Your strong rain-cloud, ye Mighty Ones, hath swollen, honouring men as ’twere with milk's outpouring.

2. a mass, multitude
3. (in music) a particular rāga

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मेघ (meghá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मेघः megháḥ	मेघौ / मेघा¹ meghaú / meghā́¹	मेघाः / मेघासः¹ meghā́ḥ / meghā́saḥ¹
Vocative	मेघ mégha	मेघौ / मेघा¹ méghau / méghā¹	मेघाः / मेघासः¹ méghāḥ / méghāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मेघम् meghám	मेघौ / मेघा¹ meghaú / meghā́¹	मेघान् meghā́n
Instrumental	मेघेन meghéna	मेघाभ्याम् meghā́bhyām	मेघैः / मेघेभिः¹ meghaíḥ / meghébhiḥ¹
Dative	मेघाय meghā́ya	मेघाभ्याम् meghā́bhyām	मेघेभ्यः meghébhyaḥ
Ablative	मेघात् meghā́t	मेघाभ्याम् meghā́bhyām	मेघेभ्यः meghébhyaḥ
Genitive	मेघस्य meghásya	मेघयोः megháyoḥ	मेघानाम् meghā́nām
Locative	मेघे meghé	मेघयोः megháyoḥ	मेघेषु meghéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• • Assamese: মেহ (meh)
• Pali: megha
• • Gujarati: મેહ (meh)
  • Hindi: मेंह (mẽh)
• → Assamese: মেঘ (megh)
• → Bengali: মেঘ (megh)
• → Hindi: मेघ (megh)
• → Khmer: មេឃ (meik)
• → Malay: mega
  • Indonesian: mega
• → Javanese: mega
• → Kannada: ಮೇಘ (mēgha)
• → Lao: ເມກ (mēk)
• → Odia: ମେଘ (megha)
• → Tamil: மேகம் (mēkam)
• → Telugu: మేఘము (mēghamu)
• → Thai: เมฆ (mêek)
• → Urdu: میگھ (megh)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “मेघ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0831.