मदार

Hindi

मदार

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀁𑀤𑀸𑀭 (maṃdāra), from Sanskrit मन्दार (mándāra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mə.d̪ɑːɾ/, [mɐ.d̪äːɾ]

Noun

मदार • (madār) m (Urdu spelling مدار)

1. Calotropis gigantea and its flowers

Declension

Declension of मदार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मदार madār	मदार madār
oblique	मदार madār	मदारों madārõ
vocative	मदार madār	मदारो madāro

Descendants

• → English: mudar

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मदार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mándāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press