మధువు

See also: మాధవి

Telugu

Etymology

From Sanskrit मधु (mádhu, “mead; honey; juice, nectar”) +‎ -వు (-vu); from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“mead”). Cognates include Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu), Lithuanian medùs, Old Church Slavonic медъ (medŭ, “honey”), and Old English medu (English mead).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mad̪ʱuʋu/

Noun

మధువు • (madhuvu) n (plural మధువులు)

1. wine, spirits
2. honey, The sweet nectar of flowers
3. The spring time of the year.

References

"మధువు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 949