मध्याह्न

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মধ্যাহ্ন (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬥ᭄ᬬᬵᬳ᭄ᬦ (Balinese script)
• মধ্যাহ্ন (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰠𑰿𑰧𑰯𑰮𑰿𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀥𑁆𑀬𑀸𑀳𑁆𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• မဓျာဟ္န (Burmese script)
• મધ્યાહ્ન (Gujarati script)
• ਮਧ੍ਯਾਹ੍ਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌹𑍍𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦣꦾꦴꦲ꧀ꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂡𑂹𑂨𑂰𑂯𑂹𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Kannada script)
• មធ្យាហ្ន (Khmer script)
• ມຘ຺ຍາຫ຺ນ (Lao script)
• മധ്യാഹ്ന (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᢡᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡥᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘠𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘮𑘿𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᢑᠾᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᠾᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧀𑧠𑧇𑧑𑧎𑧠𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐢𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐴𑑂𑐣 (Newa script)
• ମଧ୍ଯାହ୍ନ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢤ꣄ꢫꢵꢲ꣄ꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆣𑇀𑆪𑆳𑆲𑇀𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖠𑖿𑖧𑖯𑖮𑖿𑖡 (Siddham script)
• මධ්‍යාහ‍්න (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩮 𑪙𑩻𑩛𑪂 𑪙𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚜𑚶𑚣𑚭𑚩𑚶𑚝 (Takri script)
• மத்⁴யாஹ்ந (Tamil script)
• మధ్యాహ్న (Telugu script)
• มธฺยาหฺน (Thai script)
• མ་དྷྱཱ་ཧྣ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒡𑓂𑒨𑒰𑒯𑓂𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨜𑩇𑨪𑨊𑨱𑩇𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From मध्य (mádhya, “mid, middle”) +‎ अहन् (ahan, “day”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐdʱ.jɑːɦ.nɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mɐd̪ʱˈjɑːɦ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

मध्याह्न • (madhyāhna) stem, m

1. midday, noon
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
2. name of a pupil of शंकराचार्य (śaṃkarācārya) (Ṡaṃkar.)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मध्याह्न (madhyāhna)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मध्याह्नः madhyāhnaḥ	मध्याह्नौ / मध्याह्ना¹ madhyāhnau / madhyāhnā¹	मध्याह्नाः / मध्याह्नासः¹ madhyāhnāḥ / madhyāhnāsaḥ¹
Vocative	मध्याह्न madhyāhna	मध्याह्नौ / मध्याह्ना¹ madhyāhnau / madhyāhnā¹	मध्याह्नाः / मध्याह्नासः¹ madhyāhnāḥ / madhyāhnāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मध्याह्नम् madhyāhnam	मध्याह्नौ / मध्याह्ना¹ madhyāhnau / madhyāhnā¹	मध्याह्नान् madhyāhnān
Instrumental	मध्याह्नेन madhyāhnena	मध्याह्नाभ्याम् madhyāhnābhyām	मध्याह्नैः / मध्याह्नेभिः¹ madhyāhnaiḥ / madhyāhnebhiḥ¹
Dative	मध्याह्नाय madhyāhnāya	मध्याह्नाभ्याम् madhyāhnābhyām	मध्याह्नेभ्यः madhyāhnebhyaḥ
Ablative	मध्याह्नात् madhyāhnāt	मध्याह्नाभ्याम् madhyāhnābhyām	मध्याह्नेभ्यः madhyāhnebhyaḥ
Genitive	मध्याह्नस्य madhyāhnasya	मध्याह्नयोः madhyāhnayoḥ	मध्याह्नानाम् madhyāhnānām
Locative	मध्याह्ने madhyāhne	मध्याह्नयोः madhyāhnayoḥ	मध्याह्नेषु madhyāhneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀡𑁆𑀳 (majjhaṇha)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Sylheti: ꠝꠣꠗꠣꠘ (madáno)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀡𑁆𑀳 (majjhaṇha)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀡𑁆𑀳 (majjhaṇha)
• → Bengali: মধ্যাহ্ন (moddhahno)
• → Kannada: ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (madhyāhna)
• → Malayalam: മദ്ധ്യാഹ്നം (maddhyāhnaṁ)
• → Tamil: மத்தியானம் (mattiyāṉam)
• ⇒ Telugu: మధ్యాహ్నము (madhyāhnamu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मध्याह्न”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 782/2.