मद्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • মদ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬫᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • মদ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰦𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀫𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • မဒ် (Burmese script)
  • મદ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਮਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌮𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦩꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂧𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಮದ್ (Kannada script)
  • មទ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ມທ຺ (Lao script)
  • മദ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᠮᠠᡩ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘦𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠮᠠᢑ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧆𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐩𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ମଦ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢪꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆩𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖦𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • මද් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩴𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚢𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
  • மத்³ (Tamil script)
  • మద్ (Telugu script)
  • มทฺ (Thai script)
  • མ་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒧𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨢𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Unsure. Either (1) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mad- (“to be wet > be drunk”) and cognate with Ancient Greek μαδάω (madáō, “to be soaking wet”) and Latin madeō (“to be wet, drunk”)[1] or (2) from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to become full, sated”) and cognate with Icelandic mettur (“sated”) and Ancient Greek μεστός (mestós, “full”).[2]

Root

मद् • (mad)

  1. to rejoice
  2. to be intoxicated
Derived terms
  • मत्त (mattá, “delighted, intoxicated”)
  • मत्सर (matsará, “intoxicating”)
  • मद (máda, “joy, intoxication”)
  • मदति (mádati, “to rejoice, become intoxicated”)
  • मदन (mádana, “delightful, intoxicating”)
  • मदिन् (madín, “delightful, intoxicating”)
  • मद्वन् (mádvan, “given to intoxication”)
  • मन्दति (mándati, “to delight, intoxicate”)
  • मन्दन (mandána, “delightful”)
  • मन्दिन् (mandín, “delightful, intoxicating”)
  • मन्दु (mandú, “joyful”)
  • मन्द्र (mandrá, “pleasant”)
  • मादन (mā́dana, “delightful”)
  • मादयति (mādayati, “to intoxicate”)

References
  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “MAD”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 299-300
  2. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “2 *med-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 423-25

Further reading
  • Monier Williams (1899) “मद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 777.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 118
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “मद्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016

Etymology 2

See अहम् (aham).

Pronoun

मद् • (mad)

  1. the stem of अहम् (aham), the first-person personal pronoun.
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