मधु

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मधु (madhu).

मधु (madhu) m (Kaithi 𑂧𑂡𑂳)

1. honey

Borrowed from Sanskrit मधु (mádhu).

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

मधु • (madhu) m (Urdu spelling مدھو)

1. honey

   Synonym: शहद (śahad)

   हर मधुमक्खी रानी के लिए मधु बनाती है।

   har madhumakkhī rānī ke lie madhu banātī hai.

   Every honeybee makes honey for the queen.

• मधुर (madhur, “sweet”)

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

Borrowed from Sanskrit मधु (madhu).

• IPA^(key): /mə.d̪ʱu/, [mə.d̪ʱuː]

मधु • (madhu) n

1. honey

मधु n

1. Devanagari script form of madhu

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

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

मधु • (mádhu) stem, n

1. honey
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.39.6:

     ओष्ठाविव मध्व्आस्ने वदन्ता स्तनाविव पिप्यतं जीवसे नः ।
     नासेव नस्तन्वो रक्षितारा कर्णाविव सुश्रुता भूतमस्मे ॥

     oṣṭhāviva madhvāsne vadantā stanāviva pipyataṃ jīvase naḥ.
     nāseva nastanvo rakṣitārā karṇāviva suśrutā bhūtamasme.

     Like two lips that with the mouth speak honey, like two breasts that nourish our existence,
     Like the two nostrils that protect our being, be to us like our ears that hear distinctly.

2. mead; any sweet liquid
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.38.8:

     वाजेवाजेऽवत वाजिनो नो धनेषु विप्रा अमृता ऋतज्ञाः ।
     अस्य मध्वः पिबत मादयध्वं तृप्ता यात पथिभिर्देवयानैः ॥

     vājevājeʼvata vājino no dhaneṣu viprā amṛtā ṛtajñāḥ.
     asya madhvaḥ pibata mādayadhvaṃ tṛptā yāta pathibhirdevayānaiḥ.

     Deep-skilled in Law eternal, deathless, Singers, O Vajins, help us in each fray for booty.
     Drink of this mead, be satisfied, be joyful: then go on paths which Gods are wont to travel.

3. the juice or nectar of flowers, any sweet intoxicating drink, wine or spirituous liquor
4. (poetic) milk or anything produced from milk (as butter, ghee etc.)

• माधव (mā́dhava)
• मधूक (madhū́ka)

• Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀳𑀼 (mahu)
  • Assamese: মৌ (mou)
  • Bengali: মউ (mou), মৌ (mōu)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀳𑀼 (mahu)
  • Konkani: म्होंव (mhõv)
• Pali: madhu
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀥𑀼 (madhu)
  • Gujarati: મધ (madh)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: मधु (madhu)

    Urdu: مدھو (madhu)

  • Romani: mol, mod, mou
• → Assamese: মধু (modhu) (learned)
• → Bengali: মধু (modhu) (learned)
• → Bhojpuri: मधु (madhu) (learned)
• → Kannada: ಮಧು (madhu) (learned)
• → Malay: madu (learned)
  • Indonesian: madu
• → Marathi: मध (madh) (learned)
• → Old Javanese: madhu
  • Javanese: ꦩꦢꦸ (madu)
  • → Balinese: ᬫᬥᬸ (madu)
• → Old Marathi: 𑘦𑘟𑘳 (madu) (learned)
• → Rohingya: modú (learned)
• → Sinhalese: මධු (madhu) (learned)
• → Sundanese: ᮙᮓᮥ (madu)
• → Old Tamil: 𑀫𑀢𑀼 (matu)
  • Tamil: மது (matu)
• → Telugu: మధువు (madhuvu) (learned)

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

मधु • (mádhu) stem

1. sweet, delicious, pleasant

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