मध्वद्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মধ্বদ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬥ᭄ᬯᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
• মধ্বদ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰠𑰿𑰪𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀥𑁆𑀯𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• မဓွဒ် (Burmese script)
• મધ્વદ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਧ੍ਵਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌧𑍍𑌵𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦣ꧀ꦮꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂡𑂹𑂫𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಧ್ವದ್ (Kannada script)
• មធ្វទ៑ (Khmer script)
• ມຘ຺ວທ຺ (Lao script)
• മധ്വദ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᢡᠣᠸᠠᡩ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘠𑘿𑘪𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᢑᠾᢦᢑ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧀𑧠𑧊𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐢𑑂𑐰𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
• ମଧ୍ଵଦ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢤ꣄ꢮꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆣𑇀𑆮𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖠𑖿𑖪𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
• මධ‍්වද් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩮 𑪙𑩾𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚜𑚶𑚦𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
• மத்⁴வத்³ (Tamil script)
• మధ్వద్ (Telugu script)
• มธฺวทฺ (Thai script)
• མ་དྷྭ་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒡𑓂𑒫𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨜𑩇𑨭𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From मधु (mádhu), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey, mead”) + अद् (ád), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“eat”). Compare Russian медведь (medvedʹ).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐdʱ.ʋɐd/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐd̪ʱ.ʋɐd̪/

Adjective

मध्वद् • (madhvád)

1. eating sweetness, literally, honey-eater (used in some cultures to refer to a bear)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मध्वद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0781.
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 707, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 707
• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 261