माधवी
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit माधवी (mādhavī).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /mɑːd̪ʱ.ʋiː/, [mäːd̪ʱ.ʋiː]
Noun
माधवी • (mādhvī) f (male equivalent माधव)
- creeper, vine
- (Hinduism) wife of Madhav
- (Hinduism) an epithet of the goddess Durga and Lakshmi
- river Drishadvati
- mead, wine
- Synonym: मदिरा (madirā)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | माधवी mādhvī |
माधवियाँ mādhviyā̃ |
| oblique | माधवी mādhvī |
माधवियों mādhviyõ |
| vocative | माधवी mādhvī |
माधवियो mādhviyo |
Proper noun
माधवी • (mādhvī) f
- a female given name, Madhvi or Madhavi, from Sanskrit
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “माधवी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3883
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “माधवी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 804