मधु

See also: मृध and मेध

Bhojpuri

Borrowed from Sanskrit मधु (mádhu).

मधु (madhu) ? (Kaithi 𑂧𑂡𑂳)

Borrowed from Sanskrit मधु (mádhu).

मधु • (madhu) m (Urdu spelling مدھو‎)

Platts, John T. (1884), “मधु”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.

मधु n

मधु • (mádhu) n

anything sweet (especially if liquid), mead etc.
honey (said to possess intoxicating qualities and to be of 8 kinds)
- RV 2.39.6a
  ओष्ठाविव मध्वास्ने वदन्ता सतनाविव पिप्यतं जीवसेनः |
  
  नासेव नस्तन्वो रक्षितारा कर्णाविव सुश्रुता भूतमस्मे ||
  oṣṭhāviva madhvāsne vadantā stanāviva pipyataṃ jīvasenaḥ |
  
  nāseva nastanvo rakṣitārā karṇāviva suśrutā bhūtamasme ||
  Even as two lips that with the mouth speak honey, even as two breasts that nourish our existence,
  
  Like the two nostrils that protect our being, be to us as our ears that hear distinctly.
milk or anything produced from milk (as butter, ghee etc.)
the juice or nectar of flowers, any sweet intoxicating drink, wine or spirituous liquor
sugar
water
pyrites
a kind of metre

Neuter u-stem declension of मधु (mádhu)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मधु mádhu	मधुनी mádhunī	मधू / मधु / मधूनि¹ mádhū / mádhu / mádhūni¹
Vocative	मधु / मधो mádhu / mádho	मधुनी mádhunī	मधू / मधु / मधूनि¹ mádhū / mádhu / mádhūni¹
Accusative	मधु mádhu	मधुनी mádhunī	मधू / मधु / मधूनि¹ mádhū / mádhu / mádhūni¹
Instrumental	मधुना / मध्वा² mádhunā / mádhvā²	मधुभ्याम् mádhubhyām	मधुभिः mádhubhiḥ
Dative	मधवे / मध्वे³ mádhave / mádhve³	मधुभ्याम् mádhubhyām	मधुभ्यः mádhubhyaḥ
Ablative	मधोः / मधुनः¹ / मध्वः³ mádhoḥ / mádhunaḥ¹ / mádhvaḥ³	मधुभ्याम् mádhubhyām	मधुभ्यः mádhubhyaḥ
Genitive	मधोः / मधुनः¹ / मध्वः³ mádhoḥ / mádhunaḥ¹ / mádhvaḥ³	मधुनोः mádhunoḥ	मधूनाम् mádhūnām
Locative	मधुनि¹ mádhuni¹	मधुनोः mádhunoḥ	मधुषु mádhuṣu
Notes	¹Later Sanskrit ²Vedic ³Less common

मधु • (madhu) m

Monier Williams (1899), “मधु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 779/2.

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