मध्वद्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬫᬥ᭄ᬯᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
- মধ্ৱদ্ (Assamese script)
- মধ্বদ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰟𑰿𑰪𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀥𑁆𑀯𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌮𑌧𑍍𑌵𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
- મધ્વદ્ (Gujarati script)
- ꦩꦣ꧀ꦮꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
- មធ្វទ៑ (Khmer script)
- ಮಧ್ವದ್ (Kannada script)
- ມຘ຺ວທ຺ (Lao script)
- മധ്വദ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘦𑘠𑘿𑘪𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
- မဓွဒ် (Burmese script)
- 𑧆𑧀𑧠𑧊𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐢𑑂𑐰𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମଧ୍ଵଦ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢪꢤ꣄ꢮꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆣𑇀𑆮𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖠𑖿𑖪𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
- మధ్వద్ (Telugu script)
- มธฺวทฺ (Thai script)
- མདྷྭད྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒡𑓂𑒫𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐdʱ.ʋɐd/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmɐd̪ʱ.ʋɐd̪/
Etymology
From मधु (mádhu), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey, mead”) + अद् (ád), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“eat”). Compare Russian медведь (medvedʹ) from Proto-Slavic *medvě̀dь .
Adjective
मध्वद् • (madhvád)
- eating sweetness, literally, honey-eater (used in some cultures to refer to a bear)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “मध्वद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0781.
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 707
- Mallory, J. P.; 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