मेधा
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit मेधा (medhā́).
Proper noun
मेधा • (medhā) f
- a female given name, Medha, from Sanskrit
Declension
Declension of मेधा (fem ā-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | मेधा medhā | मेधाएँ medhāẽ |
oblique | मेधा medhā | मेधाओं medhāõ |
vocative | मेधा medhā | मेधाओ medhāo |
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- medhā (Latin script)
- 𑀫𑁂𑀥𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- মেধা (Bengali script)
- මෙධා (Sinhalese script)
- မေဓာ or မေꩪႃ (Burmese script)
- เมธา (Thai script)
- ᨾᩮᨵᩤ (Tai Tham script)
- ເມຘາ (Lao script)
- មេធា (Khmer script)
- 𑄟𑄬𑄙𑄂 (Chakma script)
Noun
मेधा f
- Devanagari script form of medhā
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ᬫᬾᬥᬵ (Balinese script)
- মেধা (Assamese script)
- মেধা (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰸𑰠𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑁂𑀥𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌮𑍇𑌧𑌾 (Grantha script)
- મેધા (Gujarati script)
- ਮੇਧਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦩꦺꦣꦴ (Javanese script)
- មេធា (Khmer script)
- ಮೇಧಾ (Kannada script)
- ເມຘາ (Lao script)
- മേധാ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘦𑘹𑘠𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠧᢑᠾᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- ᠮᡝᢡᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- မေဓာ (Burmese script)
- 𑧆𑧚𑧀𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐾𑐢𑐵 (Newa script)
- ମେଧା (Oriya script)
- ꢪꢾꢤꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆼𑆣𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖸𑖠𑖯 (Siddham script)
- මේධා (Sinhalese script)
- మేధా (Telugu script)
- เมธา (Thai script)
- མེ་དྷཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒹𑒡𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *mazdʰáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mazdʰáH, from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥s-dʰh₁-éh₂, from *meHndʰ- (“to pay attention, wisdom”), possibly from *men- (“mind”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁 (mazdā), Old Persian [script needed] (mazdā), Ancient Greek μανθάνω (manthánō, “to learn”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐj.dʱɑ́ː/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmeː.d̪ʱɑː/
Noun
मेधा • (medhā́) f
- wisdom, intelligence
- mental ability
Declension
Feminine ā-stem declension of मेधा (medhā́) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | मेधा medhā́ | मेधे medhé | मेधाः medhā́ḥ |
Vocative | मेधे médhe | मेधे médhe | मेधाः médhāḥ |
Accusative | मेधाम् medhā́m | मेधे medhé | मेधाः medhā́ḥ |
Instrumental | मेधया / मेधा¹ medháyā / medhā́¹ | मेधाभ्याम् medhā́bhyām | मेधाभिः medhā́bhiḥ |
Dative | मेधायै medhā́yai | मेधाभ्याम् medhā́bhyām | मेधाभ्यः medhā́bhyaḥ |
Ablative | मेधायाः medhā́yāḥ | मेधाभ्याम् medhā́bhyām | मेधाभ्यः medhā́bhyaḥ |
Genitive | मेधायाः medhā́yāḥ | मेधयोः medháyoḥ | मेधानाम् medhā́nām |
Locative | मेधायाम् medhā́yām | मेधयोः medháyoḥ | मेधासु medhā́su |
Notes |
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Descendants
- Pali: medhā
- Tamil: மேதை (mētai)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “मेधा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 833.