مدھو

Urdu

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मधु (madhu). Doublet of مَے (mai, liquor, wine).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

مَدُھو • (madhūf (Hindi spelling मधु)

  1. a female given name, Madhu, from Sanskrit
  2. a diminutive, Madhu, of the female given name مادَھوی (mādhavī)

Noun

مَدُھو • (madhūm (Hindi spelling मधु)

  1. honey

Synonyms

Further reading

  • Fallon, S. W. (1879), “مدھو”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 1086
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “مدھو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1017
  • مدھو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
  • John Shakespear (1834), “مدھو”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 1597
  • مدھو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.