मध

Marathi

एक मधाची बरणी

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मधु (mádhu) with the deletion of the final vowel, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey, wine”). Compare Old Marathi 𑘦𑘟𑘳 (madu), Maharastri Prakrit 𑀫𑀳𑀼 (mahu), Gujarati મધ (madh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məd̪ʱ/

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Noun

मध • (madh) m

1. honey

Declension

Declension of मध (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	मध madh
direct plural	मध madh
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	मध madh		मध madh
oblique सामान्यरूप	मधा madhā		मधां- madhān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	मधाला madhālā		मधांना madhānnā
ergative	मधाने, मधानं madhāne, madhāna		मधांनी madhānnī
instrumental	मधाशी madhāśī		मधांशी madhānśī
locative सप्तमी	मधात madhāt		मधांत madhāt
vocative संबोधन	मधा madhā		मधांनो madhānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of मध (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	मधाचा madhāċā	मधाचे madhāċe	मधाची madhācī	मधाच्या madhācā	मधाचे, मधाचं madhāċe, madhāċa	मधाची madhācī	मधाच्या madhācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	मधांचा madhānċā	मधांचे madhānċe	मधांची madhāñcī	मधांच्या madhāncā	मधांचे, मधांचं madhānċe, madhānċa	मधांची madhāñcī	मधांच्या madhāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• मधमाशी (madhmāśī, “honey bee”)
• मधाळ (madhāḷ, “very sweet”)

 

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “मध”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मध”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “[2]”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.