मद

Hindi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Arabic مَدّ (madd).

    Noun

    मद • (madf (Urdu spelling مد)

    1. item, entry (e.g. in a bill)
    2. madd, maddah
    Declension
    Declension of मद (fem cons-stem)
    singular plural
    direct मद
    mad
    मदें
    madẽ
    oblique मद
    mad
    मदों
    madõ
    vocative मद
    mad
    मदो
    mado

    Etymology 2

        Borrowed from Sanskrit मद (mada).

        Noun

        मद • (madm (Urdu spelling مد)

        1. intoxication; passion
          Synonym: नशा (naśā)
        Declension
        Declension of मद (masc cons-stem)
        singular plural
        direct मद
        mad
        मद
        mad
        oblique मद
        mad
        मदों
        madõ
        vocative मद
        mad
        मदो
        mado

        References

        • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मद”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
        • Bahri, Hardev (1989), “मद”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

        Old Gujarati

        Etymology

          Borrowed from Sanskrit मद (mada).

          Noun

          मद • (madam

          1. wantonness, rut

          Pali

          Alternative scripts

          Noun

          मद m

          1. pride
          2. intoxication
          3. conceit
          4. sexual excess

          Declension

          Sanskrit

          Alternative scripts

          Etymology

            From the root मद् (mad). Related to मदिर (madirá) and मत्त (mattá). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬜𐬀- (maδa-, intoxication).

            Pronunciation

            Noun

            मद॑ • (máda) stemm

            1. hilarity, rapture, excitement, inspiration, intoxication (RV. etc.)
              • 8th c., Bhavabhuti, Uttararāmacarita (Rama's Last Act), Act I, verse 36
                viniścetuṃ śakyo / na sukham iti vā duḥkham iti vā / pramoho nidrā vā / kim u viṣa|visarpaḥ kim u madaḥ?
                tava sparśe sparśe / mama hi parimūḍh’|êndriya|gaṇo/vikāraś caitanyaṃ / bhramayati ca sammīlayati ca.
                Every single time you touch me / a kind of transformation— / it can’t be described as joy or sorrow, / ecstasy or sleep,
                a state of intoxication / or all-suffusing poison— / confuses my senses and at once / excites and dulls my awareness.
            2. (dual with मदस्य (madasya)) name of 2 sāmans (ĀrshBr.)
            3. (in compounds) ardent passion for (MBh.)

            Declension

            Masculine a-stem declension of मद
            singular dual plural
            nominative मदः (madaḥ) मदौ (madau)
            मदा¹ (madā¹)
            मदाः (madāḥ)
            मदासः¹ (madāsaḥ¹)
            accusative मदम् (madam) मदौ (madau)
            मदा¹ (madā¹)
            मदान् (madān)
            instrumental मदेन (madena) मदाभ्याम् (madābhyām) मदैः (madaiḥ)
            मदेभिः¹ (madebhiḥ¹)
            dative मदाय (madāya) मदाभ्याम् (madābhyām) मदेभ्यः (madebhyaḥ)
            ablative मदात् (madāt) मदाभ्याम् (madābhyām) मदेभ्यः (madebhyaḥ)
            genitive मदस्य (madasya) मदयोः (madayoḥ) मदानाम् (madānām)
            locative मदे (made) मदयोः (madayoḥ) मदेषु (madeṣu)
            vocative मद (mada) मदौ (madau)
            मदा¹ (madā¹)
            मदाः (madāḥ)
            मदासः¹ (madāsaḥ¹)
            • ¹Vedic

            Descendants

            • Pali: mada

            References

            • Monier Williams (1899), “मद”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 777, column 3.
            • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 299-300
            • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “máda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 561