मद्यपान

मद्यपान

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit मद्यपान (madyapāna). Synchronically analysable as मद्य (madya, “alcohol”) +‎ पान (pān, “drinking”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /məd̪.jə.pɑːn/, [məd̪.jə.pä̃ːn̪]

Noun

मद्यपान • (madyapān) m

1. (formal) drinking of alcohol

Declension

Declension of मद्यपान (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मद्यपान madyapān	मद्यपान madyapān
oblique	मद्यपान madyapān	मद्यपानों madyapānõ
vocative	मद्यपान madyapān	मद्यपानो madyapāno

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “मद्यपान”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884), “madya-pān”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मद्य-पान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬫᬤ᭄ᬬᬧᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
• মদ্যপান (Assamese script)
• মদ্যপান (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰟𑰿𑰧𑰢𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀤𑁆𑀬𑀧𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌮𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌪𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
• મદ્યપાન (Gujarati script)
• ਮਦੑਯਪਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦩꦢꦾꦥꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
• មទ្យបាន (Khmer script)
• ಮದ್ಯಪಾನ (Kannada script)
• ມທ຺ຍປານ (Lao script)
• മദ്യപാന (Malayalam script)
• 𑘦𑘟𑘿𑘧𑘢𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᢑᠶ᠋ᠠᢒᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• ᠮᠠᡩᠶᠠᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• မဒျပါန (Burmese script)
• 𑧆𑦿𑧠𑧇𑧂𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐡𑑂𑐫𑐥𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
• ମଦ୍ଯପାନ (Oriya script)
• ꢪꢣ꣄ꢫꢦꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆢𑇀𑆪𑆥𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖟𑖿𑖧𑖢𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
• මද්යපාන (Sinhalese script)
• మద్యపాన (Telugu script)
• มทฺยปาน (Thai script)
• མ་དྱ་པཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒠𑓂𑒨𑒣𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Compound of मद्य (mádya, “liquor”) +‎ पान (pā́na, “drinking”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mɐd̪.jɐˈpɑː.n̪ɐ/

Noun

मद्यपान • (madyapāna) n

1. (Classical Sanskrit) drinking of alcohol
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
   • c. 300 BCE, Pañcatantra
   • c. 600 BCE – 600 CE, Suśruta, Suśruta Saṃhitā

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of मद्यपान (madyapāna)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मद्यपानम् madyapānam	मद्यपाने madyapāne	मद्यपानानि / मद्यपाना¹ madyapānāni / madyapānā¹
Vocative	मद्यपान madyapāna	मद्यपाने madyapāne	मद्यपानानि / मद्यपाना¹ madyapānāni / madyapānā¹
Accusative	मद्यपानम् madyapānam	मद्यपाने madyapāne	मद्यपानानि / मद्यपाना¹ madyapānāni / madyapānā¹
Instrumental	मद्यपानेन madyapānena	मद्यपानाभ्याम् madyapānābhyām	मद्यपानैः / मद्यपानेभिः¹ madyapānaiḥ / madyapānebhiḥ¹
Dative	मद्यपानाय madyapānāya	मद्यपानाभ्याम् madyapānābhyām	मद्यपानेभ्यः madyapānebhyaḥ
Ablative	मद्यपानात् madyapānāt	मद्यपानाभ्याम् madyapānābhyām	मद्यपानेभ्यः madyapānebhyaḥ
Genitive	मद्यपानस्य madyapānasya	मद्यपानयोः madyapānayoḥ	मद्यपानानाम् madyapānānām
Locative	मद्यपाने madyapāne	मद्यपानयोः madyapānayoḥ	मद्यपानेषु madyapāneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Prakrit: मज्जपाण (majjapāṇa)
• → Hindi: मद्यपान (madyapān) (learned)
• → Kannada: ಮದ್ಯಪಾನ (madyapāna) (learned)
• → Marathi: मद्यपान (madyapān) (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “मद्यपान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 779.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “मद्यपान”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “मद्यपान”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press