मेधिर

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মেধিৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬾᬥᬶᬭ (Balinese script)
• মেধির (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰸𑰠𑰰𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑁂𑀥𑀺𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• မေဓိရ (Burmese script)
• મેધિર (Gujarati script)
• ਮੇਧਿਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍇𑌧𑌿𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦺꦣꦶꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂵𑂡𑂱𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೇಧಿರ (Kannada script)
• មេធិរ (Khmer script)
• ເມຘິຣ (Lao script)
• മേധിര (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡝᢡᡳᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘹𑘠𑘱𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠧᢑᠾᠢᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧚𑧀𑧒𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐾𑐢𑐶𑐬 (Newa script)
• ମେଧିର (Odia script)
• ꢪꢾꢤꢶꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆼𑆣𑆴𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖸𑖠𑖰𑖨 (Siddham script)
• මෙධිර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩔𑩮𑩑𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚲𑚜𑚮𑚤 (Takri script)
• மேதி⁴ர (Tamil script)
• మేధిర (Telugu script)
• เมธิร (Thai script)
• མེ་དྷི་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒹𑒡𑒱𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨄𑨜𑨁𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mazdʰHrás, from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥s-dʰh₁-rós from *ménos (“mind”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬄𐬰𐬛𐬭𐬀 (mązdra) (< *manzdʰHrás), Proto-Germanic *mundraz, Proto-Slavic *mǫdrъ.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ́j.dʱi.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.d̪ʱi.ɾɐ/

Adjective

मेधिर • (médhira) stem

1. intelligent, wise
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.42.3:

     वेदा विश्वस्य मेधिरो धृषत्तंतमिदेषते॥

     vedā viśvasya medhiro dhṛṣattaṃtamideṣate.

     Full wise he knows the hope of each, and, Bold One, strikes this foe and that.