मद्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ᬫᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
- মদ্ (Assamese script)
- মদ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌮𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
- મદ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਦੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦩꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
- មទ៑ (Khmer script)
- ಮದ್ (Kannada script)
- ມທ຺ (Lao script)
- മദ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘦𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᢑ (Mongolian script)
- ᠮᠠᡩ (Manchu script)
- မဒ် (Burmese script)
- 𑧆𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମଦ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢪꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
- මද් (Sinhalese script)
- మద్ (Telugu script)
- มทฺ (Thai script)
- མ་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐd/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mɐd̪/
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)
- to rejoice
- to be intoxicated
Derived terms
- मत्त (mattá-, “delighted, intoxicated”)
- मत्सर (matsará-, “intoxicating”)
- मद (madá-, “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
- 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
- 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 458052227, 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)
- the stem of अहम् (aham), the first-person personal pronoun.