मेधा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मेधा (medhā́).

Proper noun

मेधा • (medhā) f

1. a female given name from Sanskrit

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• medhā (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑁂𑀥𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• মেধা (Bengali script)
• මෙධා (Sinhalese script)
• မေဓာ or မေꩪႃ (Burmese script)
• เมธา (Thai script)
• ᨾᩮᨵᩤ (Tai Tham script)
• ເມຘາ (Lao script)
• មេធា (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄬𑄙𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

मेधा f

1. Devanagari script form of medhā

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• মেধা (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬾᬥᬵ (Balinese script)
• মেধা (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰸𑰠𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑁂𑀥𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• မေဓာ (Burmese script)
• મેધા (Gujarati script)
• ਮੇਧਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍇𑌧𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦺꦣꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂵𑂡𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೇಧಾ (Kannada script)
• មេធា (Khmer script)
• ເມຘາ (Lao script)
• മേധാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡝᢡᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘹𑘠𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠧᢑᠾᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧚𑧀𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐾𑐢𑐵 (Newa script)
• ମେଧା (Odia script)
• ꢪꢾꢤꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆼𑆣𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖸𑖠𑖯 (Siddham script)
• මෙධා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩔𑩮𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚲𑚜𑚭 (Takri script)
• மேத⁴ா (Tamil script)
• మేధా (Telugu script)
• เมธา (Thai script)
• མེ་དྷཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒹𑒡𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨄𑨜𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *mazdʰáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mazdʰáH, from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥s-dʰh₁-éh₂, from *meHndʰ- (“to pay attention, wisdom”), possibly from *men- (“mind”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁 (mazdā), Old Persian [script needed] (mazdā), Ancient Greek μανθάνω (manthánō, “to learn”). The sound change *-azdʰ- to -aidh- in Vedic is at first glance regular, but such a change is due to Classical Sanskrit influence (particularly the monophthongization of ai to e), and may instead possibly reflect an earlier Rigvedic mazdhā́ with *z intact (as in Avestan). See क्षम् (kṣám) for more information.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐj.dʱɑ́ː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.d̪ʱɑː/

Noun

मेधा • (medhā́) stem, f (Vedic maidhā́ or mazdhā́)

1. wisdom, intelligence
2. mental ability

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of मेधा (medhā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मेधा medhā́	मेधे medhé	मेधाः medhā́ḥ
Vocative	मेधे médhe	मेधे médhe	मेधाः médhāḥ
Accusative	मेधाम् medhā́m	मेधे medhé	मेधाः medhā́ḥ
Instrumental	मेधया / मेधा¹ medháyā / medhā́¹	मेधाभ्याम् medhā́bhyām	मेधाभिः medhā́bhiḥ
Dative	मेधायै medhā́yai	मेधाभ्याम् medhā́bhyām	मेधाभ्यः medhā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	मेधायाः / मेधायै² medhā́yāḥ / medhā́yai²	मेधाभ्याम् medhā́bhyām	मेधाभ्यः medhā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	मेधायाः / मेधायै² medhā́yāḥ / medhā́yai²	मेधयोः medháyoḥ	मेधानाम् medhā́nām
Locative	मेधायाम् medhā́yām	मेधयोः medháyoḥ	मेधासु medhā́su
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Pali: medhā
• Tamil: மேதை (mētai)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मेधा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 833.