मध्वद्
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Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative scripts[edit]
Alternative scripts
- মধ্বদ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬥ᭄ᬯᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
- মধ্বদ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰠𑰿𑰪𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀥𑁆𑀯𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- မဓွဒ် (Burmese script)
- મધ્વદ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਧ੍ਵਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌧𑍍𑌵𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦣ꧀ꦮꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂡𑂹𑂫𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಧ್ವದ್ (Kannada script)
- មធ្វទ៑ (Khmer script)
- ມຘ຺ວທ຺ (Lao script)
- മധ്വദ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᢡᠣᠸᠠᡩ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘠𑘿𑘪𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᢑᠾᢦᢑ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧀𑧠𑧊𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐢𑑂𑐰𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମଧ୍ଵଦ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢤ꣄ꢮꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆣𑇀𑆮𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖠𑖿𑖪𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
- මධ්වද් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩮 𑪙𑩾𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚜𑚶𑚦𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
- மத்⁴வத்³ (Tamil script)
- మధ్వద్ (Telugu script)
- มธฺวทฺ (Thai script)
- མ་དྷྭ་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒡𑓂𑒫𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨜𑩇𑨭𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology[edit]
From मधु (mádhu), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey, mead”) + अद् (ád), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“eat”). Compare Russian медведь (medvedʹ).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
मध्वद् • (madhvád)
- eating sweetness, literally, honey-eater (used in some cultures to refer to a bear)
References[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899) “मध्वद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0781.
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 707, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 707
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 261