मधूक
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মধূক (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬥᬹᬓ (Balinese script)
- মধূক (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰠𑰳𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀥𑀽𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- မဓူက (Burmese script)
- મધૂક (Gujarati script)
- ਮਧੂਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌧𑍂𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦣꦹꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂡𑂴𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಧೂಕ (Kannada script)
- មធូក (Khmer script)
- ມຘູກ (Lao script)
- മധൂക (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᢡᡠᡠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘠𑘴𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᢑᠾᠤᠤᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧀𑧕𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐢𑐹𑐎 (Newa script)
- ମଧୂକ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢤꢹꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆣𑆷𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖠𑖳𑖎 (Siddham script)
- මධූක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩮𑩒𑩛𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚜𑚱𑚊 (Takri script)
- மதூ⁴க (Tamil script)
- మధూక (Telugu script)
- มธูก (Thai script)
- མ་དྷཱུ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒡𑒴𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨜𑨃𑨊𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From मधु (madhu) + -उक (-uka).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐ.dʱuː.kɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mɐ.d̪ʱuː.kɐ/
Noun
मधूक • (madhūka) stem, m
- a bee
- ŚāṅkhGṛ
- Madhuca longifolia (from the blossoms and seeds of which arrack is distilled and oil extracted)
- 200 BCE – 1200, Kāvya literature
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मधूकः (madhūkaḥ) | मधूकौ (madhūkau) मधूका¹ (madhūkā¹) |
मधूकाः (madhūkāḥ) मधूकासः¹ (madhūkāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | मधूकम् (madhūkam) | मधूकौ (madhūkau) मधूका¹ (madhūkā¹) |
मधूकान् (madhūkān) |
| instrumental | मधूकेन (madhūkena) | मधूकाभ्याम् (madhūkābhyām) | मधूकैः (madhūkaiḥ) मधूकेभिः¹ (madhūkebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | मधूकाय (madhūkāya) | मधूकाभ्याम् (madhūkābhyām) | मधूकेभ्यः (madhūkebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मधूकात् (madhūkāt) | मधूकाभ्याम् (madhūkābhyām) | मधूकेभ्यः (madhūkebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मधूकस्य (madhūkasya) | मधूकयोः (madhūkayoḥ) | मधूकानाम् (madhūkānām) |
| locative | मधूके (madhūke) | मधूकयोः (madhūkayoḥ) | मधूकेषु (madhūkeṣu) |
| vocative | मधूक (madhūka) | मधूकौ (madhūkau) मधूका¹ (madhūkā¹) |
मधूकाः (madhūkāḥ) मधूकासः¹ (madhūkāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Noun
मधूक • (madhūka) stem, n
- (lexicographic) the blossoms or fruit of Madhuca longifolia
- (lexicographic) liquorice
- (lexicographic) beeswax
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मधूकम् (madhūkam) | मधूके (madhūke) | मधूकानि (madhūkāni) मधूका¹ (madhūkā¹) |
| accusative | मधूकम् (madhūkam) | मधूके (madhūke) | मधूकानि (madhūkāni) मधूका¹ (madhūkā¹) |
| instrumental | मधूकेन (madhūkena) | मधूकाभ्याम् (madhūkābhyām) | मधूकैः (madhūkaiḥ) मधूकेभिः¹ (madhūkebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | मधूकाय (madhūkāya) | मधूकाभ्याम् (madhūkābhyām) | मधूकेभ्यः (madhūkebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मधूकात् (madhūkāt) | मधूकाभ्याम् (madhūkābhyām) | मधूकेभ्यः (madhūkebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मधूकस्य (madhūkasya) | मधूकयोः (madhūkayoḥ) | मधूकानाम् (madhūkānām) |
| locative | मधूके (madhūke) | मधूकयोः (madhūkayoḥ) | मधूकेषु (madhūkeṣu) |
| vocative | मधूक (madhūka) | मधूके (madhūke) | मधूकानि (madhūkāni) मधूका¹ (madhūkā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Pali: मधुक n (madhuka)
- Prakrit: महुअ m or n (mahua), महूअ m or n (mahūa)
- Central Indo-Aryan:
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Bengali: মহুয়া (mohuẏa), মউল (moul), মউআ (moua)
- Bhojpuri: महूआ (mahūā)
- Bihari: महू (mahū), महुआ (mahuā)
- Maithili: महू (mahū), महुआ (mahuā)
- Odia: ମହୁଆ (mahuā), ମହୁଲ (mahula)
- Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Nepali: मौवा (mauwā)
- Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਮਹੂਆ (mahūā)
- Shahmukhi script: مہوآ (mahūā)
- Punjabi:
- Southern Indo-Aryan:
- Marathi: मोह (moh)
- Western Indo-Aryan:
- Gujarati: મહુડો (mahuḍo), મૌડો (mauḍo)
- → Arabic: مَهْوَا (mahwā)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “मधूक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0809.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “madhū́ka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 563