मेघ
Braj edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मेघ (megha).
Noun edit
मेघ (megh) m
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मेघ (megha). Doublet of मेंह (mẽh).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
मेघ • (megh) m (Urdu spelling میگھ)
Declension edit
Declension of मेघ (masc cons-stem)
Proper noun edit
Marathi edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मेघ (megha).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
मेघ • (megh) m
Declension edit
Declension of मेघ (masc cons-stem) | |||
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direct singular |
मेघ megh | ||
direct plural |
मेघ megh | ||
singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
nominative प्रथमा |
मेघ megh |
मेघ megh | |
oblique सामान्यरूप |
मेघा meghā |
मेघां- meghān- | |
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
मेघाला meghālā |
मेघांना meghānnā | |
ergative | मेघाने, मेघानं meghāne, meghāna |
मेघांनी meghānnī | |
instrumental | मेघाशी meghāśī |
मेघांशी meghānśī | |
locative सप्तमी |
मेघात meghāt |
मेघांत meghāt | |
vocative संबोधन |
मेघा meghā |
मेघांनो meghānno | |
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 मेघ (masc cons-stem) | ||||||||
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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 |
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singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
मेघाचा meghāċā |
मेघाचे meghāċe |
मेघाची meghācī |
मेघाच्या meghācā |
मेघाचे, मेघाचं meghāċe, meghāċa |
मेघाची meghācī |
मेघाच्या meghācā | |
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
मेघांचा meghānċā |
मेघांचे meghānċe |
मेघांची meghāñcī |
मेघांच्या meghāncā |
मेघांचे, मेघांचं meghānċe, meghānċa |
मेघांची meghāñcī |
मेघांच्या meghāñcā | |
* 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. |
References edit
- Berntsen, Maxine, “मेघ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मेघ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “मेघ”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Noun edit
मेघ m
- Devanagari script form of megha
Declension edit
Declension table of "मेघ" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | मेघो (megho) | मेघा (meghā) |
Accusative (second) | मेघं (meghaṃ) | मेघे (meghe) |
Instrumental (third) | मेघेन (meghena) | मेघेहि (meghehi) or मेघेभि (meghebhi) |
Dative (fourth) | मेघस्स (meghassa) or मेघाय (meghāya) or मेघत्थं (meghatthaṃ) | मेघानं (meghānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | मेघस्मा (meghasmā) or मेघम्हा (meghamhā) or मेघा (meghā) | मेघेहि (meghehi) or मेघेभि (meghebhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | मेघस्स (meghassa) | मेघानं (meghānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | मेघस्मिं (meghasmiṃ) or मेघम्हि (meghamhi) or मेघे (meghe) | मेघेसु (meghesu) |
Vocative (calling) | मेघ (megha) | मेघा (meghā) |
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- মেঘ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬾᬖ (Balinese script)
- মেঘ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰸𑰑 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑁂𑀖 (Brahmi script)
- မေဃ (Burmese script)
- મેઘ (Gujarati script)
- ਮੇਘ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍇𑌘 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦺꦓ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂵𑂐 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೇಘ (Kannada script)
- មេឃ (Khmer script)
- ເມຆ (Lao script)
- മേഘ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡝᢚᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘹𑘑 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠧᠺᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧚𑦱 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐾𑐑 (Newa script)
- ମେଘ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢾꢕ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆼𑆔 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖸𑖑 (Siddham script)
- මෙඝ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩔𑩟 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚲𑚍 (Takri script)
- மேக⁴ (Tamil script)
- మేఘ (Telugu script)
- เมฆ (Thai script)
- མེ་གྷ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒹𑒒 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨄𑨎 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmaygʰás (“cloud”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃moygʰ-ós, from *h₃meygʰ- (“fog, cloud”).
Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬖𐬀 (maēγa, “cloud”), Persian میغ (miğ, “cloud, fog”), Old Armenian մէգ (mēg), Ancient Greek ὀμίχλη (omíkhlē, “mist, fog”), Russian мгла (mgla), Albanian mjegull, English mist.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
मेघ • (meghá) stem, m
- a cloud
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.181.8:
- उ॒त स्या वां॒ रुश॑तो॒ वप्स॑सो॒ गीस्त्रि॑ब॒र्हिषि॒ सद॑सि पिन्वते॒ नॄन् ।
वृषा॑ वां मे॒घो वृ॑षणा पीपाय॒ गोर्न सेके॒ मनु॑षो दश॒स्यन् ॥- utá syā́ vāṃ rúśato vápsaso gī́stribarhíṣi sádasi pinvate nṝ́n .
vṛ́ṣā vāṃ meghó vṛṣaṇā pīpāya górná séke mánuṣo daśasyán . - May the praise of your resplendent forms, uttered in the hall of sacrifice, thrice strewn with sacred grass, bring prosperity to the conductors of the sacrifice. Showerers of benefits, may the raining-cloud, proceeding to man, nourish him like a sprinkling of water.
- utá syā́ vāṃ rúśato vápsaso gī́stribarhíṣi sádasi pinvate nṝ́n .
- उ॒त स्या वां॒ रुश॑तो॒ वप्स॑सो॒ गीस्त्रि॑ब॒र्हिषि॒ सद॑सि पिन्वते॒ नॄन् ।
- a mass, multitude
- (in music) a particular rāga
Declension edit
Masculine a-stem declension of मेघ (meghá) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | मेघः megháḥ |
मेघौ / मेघा¹ meghaú / meghā́¹ |
मेघाः / मेघासः¹ meghā́ḥ / meghā́saḥ¹ |
Vocative | मेघ mégha |
मेघौ / मेघा¹ méghau / méghā¹ |
मेघाः / मेघासः¹ méghāḥ / méghāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | मेघम् meghám |
मेघौ / मेघा¹ meghaú / meghā́¹ |
मेघान् meghā́n |
Instrumental | मेघेन meghéna |
मेघाभ्याम् meghā́bhyām |
मेघैः / मेघेभिः¹ meghaíḥ / meghébhiḥ¹ |
Dative | मेघाय meghā́ya |
मेघाभ्याम् meghā́bhyām |
मेघेभ्यः meghébhyaḥ |
Ablative | मेघात् meghā́t |
मेघाभ्याम् meghā́bhyām |
मेघेभ्यः meghébhyaḥ |
Genitive | मेघस्य meghásya |
मेघयोः megháyoḥ |
मेघानाम् meghā́nām |
Locative | मेघे meghé |
मेघयोः megháyoḥ |
मेघेषु meghéṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants edit
- Kholosi: meh
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑁂𑀳 (meha)
- Old Marathi: 𑘦𑘹𑘮 (meha)
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Pali: megha
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑁂𑀳 (meha)
- → Assamese: মেঘ (megh) (learned)
- → Bengali: মেঘ (megh) (learned)
- → Gujarati: મેઘ (megh) (learned)
- → Hindi: मेघ (megh) (learned)
- → Khmer: មេឃ (meik)
- → Malay: mega
- Indonesian: mega
- → Malayalam: മേഘം (mēghaṁ)
- → Marathi: मेघ (megh) (learned)
- → Kannada: ಮೇಘ (mēgha)
- → Lao: ເມກ (mēk)
- → Old Javanese: megha
- → Odia: ମେଘ (meghô)
- → Sylheti: ꠝꠦꠊ (megó, “rain”)
- → Tagalog: magha
- → Tagalog: bigha
- → Tamil: மேகம் (mēkam)
- → Telugu: మేఘము (mēghamu)
- → Thai: เมฆ (mêek)
- → Urdu: میگھ (megh)
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “मेघ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0831.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “मेघः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “मेघ”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mēghá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press