मधूक
Sanskrit
Etymology
From मधु (madhu) + -उक (-uka).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐ.dʱuː.kɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mɐ.d̪ʱuː.kɐ/
Noun
मधूक • (madhūka) stem, m
- a bee
- ŚāṅkhGṛ
- Madhuca longifolia (from the blossoms and seeds of which arrack is distilled and oil extracted)
- 200 BCE – 1200, Kāvya literature
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मधूकः (madhūkaḥ) | मधूकौ (madhūkau) मधूका¹ (madhūkā¹) |
मधूकाः (madhūkāḥ) मधूकासः¹ (madhūkāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | मधूकम् (madhūkam) | मधूकौ (madhūkau) मधूका¹ (madhūkā¹) |
मधूकान् (madhūkān) |
| instrumental | मधूकेन (madhūkena) | मधूकाभ्याम् (madhūkābhyām) | मधूकैः (madhūkaiḥ) मधूकेभिः¹ (madhūkebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | मधूकाय (madhūkāya) | मधूकाभ्याम् (madhūkābhyām) | मधूकेभ्यः (madhūkebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मधूकात् (madhūkāt) | मधूकाभ्याम् (madhūkābhyām) | मधूकेभ्यः (madhūkebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मधूकस्य (madhūkasya) | मधूकयोः (madhūkayoḥ) | मधूकानाम् (madhūkānām) |
| locative | मधूके (madhūke) | मधूकयोः (madhūkayoḥ) | मधूकेषु (madhūkeṣu) |
| vocative | मधूक (madhūka) | मधूकौ (madhūkau) मधूका¹ (madhūkā¹) |
मधूकाः (madhūkāḥ) मधूकासः¹ (madhūkāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Noun
मधूक • (madhūka) stem, n
- (lexicographic) the blossoms or fruit of Madhuca longifolia
- (lexicographic) liquorice
- (lexicographic) beeswax
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मधूकम् (madhūkam) | मधूके (madhūke) | मधूकानि (madhūkāni) मधूका¹ (madhūkā¹) |
| accusative | मधूकम् (madhūkam) | मधूके (madhūke) | मधूकानि (madhūkāni) मधूका¹ (madhūkā¹) |
| instrumental | मधूकेन (madhūkena) | मधूकाभ्याम् (madhūkābhyām) | मधूकैः (madhūkaiḥ) मधूकेभिः¹ (madhūkebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | मधूकाय (madhūkāya) | मधूकाभ्याम् (madhūkābhyām) | मधूकेभ्यः (madhūkebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मधूकात् (madhūkāt) | मधूकाभ्याम् (madhūkābhyām) | मधूकेभ्यः (madhūkebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मधूकस्य (madhūkasya) | मधूकयोः (madhūkayoḥ) | मधूकानाम् (madhūkānām) |
| locative | मधूके (madhūke) | मधूकयोः (madhūkayoḥ) | मधूकेषु (madhūkeṣu) |
| vocative | मधूक (madhūka) | मधूके (madhūke) | मधूकानि (madhūkāni) मधूका¹ (madhūkā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Pali: मधुक n (madhuka)
- Prakrit: महुअ m or n (mahua), महूअ m or n (mahūa)
- Central Indo-Aryan:
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Bengali: মহুয়া (mohuẏa), মউল (moul), মউআ (moua)
- Bhojpuri: महूआ (mahūā)
- Bihari: महू (mahū), महुआ (mahuā)
- Maithili: महू (mahū), महुआ (mahuā)
- Odia: ମହୁଆ (mahuā), ମହୁଲ (mahula)
- Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Nepali: मौवा (mauwā)
- Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਮਹੂਆ (mahūā)
- Shahmukhi script: مہوآ (mahūā)
- Punjabi:
- Southern Indo-Aryan:
- Marathi: मोह (moh)
- Western Indo-Aryan:
- Gujarati: મહુડો (mahuḍo), મૌડો (mauḍo)
- → Arabic: مَهْوَا (mahwā)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मधूक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0809.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “madhū́ka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 563