मद

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /məd̪/, [mɐd̪]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مَدّ (madd).

Noun

मद • (madf (Urdu spelling مد)

  1. item, entry (e.g. in a bill)
  2. madd, maddah
Declension
Declension of मद (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct मद
mad
मदें
madẽ
oblique मद
mad
मदों
madõ
vocative मद
mad
मदो
mado

Etymology 2

  • Borrowed from Sanskrit मद (mada).

    Noun

    मद • (madm (Urdu spelling مد)

    1. intoxication; passion
      Synonym: नशा (naśā)
    Declension
    Declension of मद (masc cons-stem)
    singular plural
    direct मद
    mad
    मद
    mad
    oblique मद
    mad
    मदों
    madõ
    vocative मद
    mad
    मदो
    mado

    References

    • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मद”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
    • Bahri, Hardev (1989), “मद”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

    Old Gujarati

    Etymology

  • Borrowed from Sanskrit मद (mada).

    Noun

    मद • (madam

    1. wantonness, rut

    Pali

    Alternative scripts

    Noun

    मद m

    1. pride
    2. intoxication
    3. conceit
    4. sexual excess

    Declension

    Sanskrit

    Alternative scripts

    Etymology

  • From the root मद् (mad). Related to मदिर (madirá) and मत्त (mattá). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬜𐬀- (maδa-, intoxication).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    मद • (máda) stemm

    1. hilarity, rapture, excitement, inspiration, intoxication (RV. etc.)
      • 8th c., Bhavabhuti, Uttararāmacarita (Rama's Last Act), Act I, verse 36
        viniścetuṃ śakyo / na sukham iti vā duḥkham iti vā / pramoho nidrā vā / kim u viṣa|visarpaḥ kim u madaḥ?
        tava sparśe sparśe / mama hi parimūḍh’|êndriya|gaṇo/vikāraś caitanyaṃ / bhramayati ca sammīlayati ca.
        Every single time you touch me / a kind of transformation— / it can’t be described as joy or sorrow, / ecstasy or sleep,
        a state of intoxication / or all-suffusing poison— / confuses my senses and at once / excites and dulls my awareness.
    2. (dual with मदस्य (madasya)) name of 2 sāmans (ĀrshBr.)
    3. (in compounds) ardent passion for (MBh.)

    Declension

    Masculine a-stem declension of मद
    singular dual plural
    nominative मदः (madaḥ) मदौ (madau)
    मदा¹ (madā¹)
    मदाः (madāḥ)
    मदासः¹ (madāsaḥ¹)
    accusative मदम् (madam) मदौ (madau)
    मदा¹ (madā¹)
    मदान् (madān)
    instrumental मदेन (madena) मदाभ्याम् (madābhyām) मदैः (madaiḥ)
    मदेभिः¹ (madebhiḥ¹)
    dative मदाय (madāya) मदाभ्याम् (madābhyām) मदेभ्यः (madebhyaḥ)
    ablative मदात् (madāt) मदाभ्याम् (madābhyām) मदेभ्यः (madebhyaḥ)
    genitive मदस्य (madasya) मदयोः (madayoḥ) मदानाम् (madānām)
    locative मदे (made) मदयोः (madayoḥ) मदेषु (madeṣu)
    vocative मद (mada) मदौ (madau)
    मदा¹ (madā¹)
    मदाः (madāḥ)
    मदासः¹ (madāsaḥ¹)
    • ¹Vedic

    Descendants

    • Pali: mada

    References

    • Monier Williams (1899), “मद”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 777, column 3.
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 299-300
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “máda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 561