مدھ

Punjabi

Etymology

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Noun

مَدھ • (madh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਧ)

  1. nectar, honey, tree sap; any sweet substance produced by a plant
  2. alcohol; any intoxicant, recreational drug
  3. (by extension, figurative) youth, juvenility (in relation to its stupor, wantonness, ecstasy or other drug-like qualities)
  4. pride, arrogance, conceit

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “مدھ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
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