माघ

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit माघ (māgha)

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /mɑːɡʱ/, [mäːɡʱ]

Noun

माघ • (māgh) m

1. Magha (eleventh month of the Hindu lunar calendar)

Declension

Declension of माघ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	माघ māgh	माघ māgh
oblique	माघ māgh	माघों māghõ
vocative	माघ māgh	माघो māgho

Related terms

• (lunar months) चैत्र (caitra), वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭh), आषाढ़ (āṣāṛh) / असाढ़ (asāṛh), श्रावण (śrāvaṇ), भाद्र (bhādra), आश्विन (āśvin), कार्तिक (kārtik), मार्गशीर्ष (mārgaśīrṣ) / अग्रहायण (agrahāyaṇ), पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फाल्गुन (phālgun) ^{(Category: hi:Hindu lunar calendar months)}

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “माघ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 728, 767.

Nepali

Alternative forms

• माग (māg)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit माघ (māgha).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mäɡ̞]

• Phonetic Devanagari: माग्

Proper noun

माघ • (māgh)

1. Magha
   1. the tenth month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
   2. the eleventh month in the lunar Hindu calendar

Related terms

• (lunar months) वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) / जेठ (jeṭh), आषाढ (āṣāḍh), साउन (sāuna), भदौ (bhadau) / भाद्र (bhādra), असोज (asoj) / आश्विन (āśvina), कात्तिक (kāttik) / कार्त्तिक (kārttik), मङ्सिर (maṅsira) / मार्ग (mārga), पुस (pus) / पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फागुन (phāguna) / फाल्गुन (phālguna), चैत (cait) / चैत्र (caitra) ^{(Category: ne:Hindu lunar calendar months)}

Further reading

• “माघ”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “माघ”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মাঘ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬵᬖ (Balinese script)
• মাঘ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰯𑰑 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀸𑀖 (Brahmi script)
• မာဃ (Burmese script)
• માઘ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਾਘ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌾𑌘 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦴꦓ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂰𑂐 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಾಘ (Kannada script)
• មាឃ (Khmer script)
• ມາຆ (Lao script)
• മാഘ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢚᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘰𑘑 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᢗᠺᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧑𑦱 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐵𑐑 (Newa script)
• ମାଘ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢵꢕ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆳𑆔 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖯𑖑 (Siddham script)
• මාඝ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩛𑩟 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚭𑚍 (Takri script)
• மாக⁴ (Tamil script)
• మాఘ (Telugu script)
• มาฆ (Thai script)
• མཱ་གྷ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒰𑒒 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨊𑨎 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From मघा (maghā, “bountiful”), from मघ (magha, “bounty”)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɑː.ɡʱɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.ɡʱɐ/

Proper noun

माघ • (māgha) stem, m

1. Eleventh month of the Hindu lunar calendar

Related terms

• (lunar months) चैत्र (caitra), वैशाख (vaiśākha), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha), आषाढ (āṣāḍha), श्रावण (śrāvaṇa), भाद्र (bhādra), अश्विन् (aśvin), कार्तिक (kārtika), मार्गशीर्ष (mārgaśīrṣa) / अग्रहायण (agrahāyaṇa), पौष (pauṣa), माघ (māgha), फाल्गुन (phālguna) ^{(Category: sa:Lunar months)}