मेघ

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मेघ (meghá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmaygʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃moygʰ-ós, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ- (“fog, mist, cloud”). Doublet of मेंह (menh).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /meːɡʱ/

Noun

मेघ • (megh) m (Urdu spelling میگھ‎)

  1. cloud
    Synonym: बादल (bādal)

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • megha (Latin script)
  • 𑀫𑁂𑀖 (Brahmi script)
  • মেঘ (Bengali script)
  • මෙඝ (Sinhalese script)
  • မေဃ (Burmese script)
  • เมฆ (Thai script)
  • ᨾᩮᨥ (Tai Tham script)
  • មេឃ (Khmer script)

Noun

मेघ m

  1. cloud
  2. rain

Declension
Declension table of "मेघ" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)मेघोमेघा
Accusative (second)मेघंमेघे
Instrumental (third)मेघेनमेघेहि or मेघेभि
Dative (fourth)मेघस्स or मेघाय or मेघत्थंमेघानं
Ablative (fifth)मेघस्मा or मेघम्हा or मेघामेघेहि or मेघेभि
Genitive (sixth)मेघस्समेघानं
Locative (seventh)मेघस्मिं or मेघम्हि or मेघेमेघेसु
Vocative (calling)मेघमेघा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬫᬾᬖ (Balinese script)
  • মেঘ (Assamese script)
  • মেঘ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰦𑰸𑰑 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀫𑁂𑀖 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌮𑍇𑌘 (Grantha script)
  • મેઘ (Gujarati script)
  • ꦩꦺꦓ (Javanese script)
  • ಮೇಘ (Kannada script)
  • မေဃ (Burmese script)
  • ମେଘ (Oriya script)
  • ꢪꢾꢕ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆩𑆼𑆔 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖦𑖸𑖑 (Siddham script)
  • మేఘ (Telugu script)
  • མེགྷ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒧𑒹𑒒 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hmaygʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmaygʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃moygʰ-ós (“fog, cloud”), from *h₃meygʰ-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬖𐬀‎ (maēγa, “cloud”), Persian میغ‎ (meġ, “cloud, fog”), Old Armenian մէգ (mēg), Ancient Greek ὀμίχλη (omíkhlē, “mist, fog”), Russian мгла (mgla), Albanian mjegull, English mist.

Pronunciation

Noun

मेघ • (meghá) m (Vedic maighá)

  1. cloud
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.181.8:
      वृषा वां मेघो वृषणा पीपाय गोर्न सेके मनुषो दशस्यन् ॥
      vṛṣā vāṃ megho vṛṣaṇā pīpāya gorna seke manuṣo daśasyan .
      Your strong rain-cloud, ye Mighty Ones, hath swollen, honouring men as ’twere with milk's outpouring.
  2. a mass, multitude
  3. (in music) a particular rāga

Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of मेघ (meghá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मेघः
megháḥ		 मेघौ
meghaú		 मेघाः / मेघासः¹
meghā́ḥ / meghā́saḥ¹
Vocative मेघ
mégha		 मेघौ
méghau		 मेघाः / मेघासः¹
méghāḥ / méghāsaḥ¹
Accusative मेघम्
meghám		 मेघौ
meghaú		 मेघान्
meghā́n
Instrumental मेघेन
meghéna		 मेघाभ्याम्
meghā́bhyām		 मेघैः / मेघेभिः¹
meghaíḥ / meghébhiḥ¹
Dative मेघाय
meghā́ya		 मेघाभ्याम्
meghā́bhyām		 मेघेभ्यः
meghébhyaḥ
Ablative मेघात्
meghā́t		 मेघाभ्याम्
meghā́bhyām		 मेघेभ्यः
meghébhyaḥ
Genitive मेघस्य
meghásya		 मेघयोः
megháyoḥ		 मेघानाम्
meghā́nām
Locative मेघे
meghé		 मेघयोः
megháyoḥ		 मेघेषु
meghéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

References

Monier Williams (1899), “मेघ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0831.

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