मेधा
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit मेधा (medhā́).
Proper noun
मेधा • (medhā) f
- a female given name, Medha, from Sanskrit
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | मेधा medhā |
मेधाएँ medhāẽ |
| oblique | मेधा medhā |
मेधाओं medhāõ |
| vocative | मेधा medhā |
मेधाओ medhāo |
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
मेधा f
- Devanagari script form of medhā
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- মেধা (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬾᬥᬵ (Balinese script)
- মেধা (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰸𑰠𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑁂𑀥𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- မေဓာ (Burmese script)
- મેધા (Gujarati script)
- ਮੇਧਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍇𑌧𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦺꦣꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂵𑂡𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೇಧಾ (Kannada script)
- មេធា (Khmer script)
- ເມຘາ (Lao script)
- മേധാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡝᢡᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘹𑘠𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠧᢑᠾᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧚𑧀𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐾𑐢𑐵 (Newa script)
- ମେଧା (Odia script)
- ꢪꢾꢤꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆼𑆣𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖸𑖠𑖯 (Siddham script)
- මෙධා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩔𑩮𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚲𑚜𑚭 (Takri script)
- மேத⁴ா (Tamil script)
- మేధా (Telugu script)
- เมธา (Thai script)
- མེ་དྷཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒹𑒡𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨄𑨜𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *mazdʰáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mazdʰáH, from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥s-dʰh₁-éh₂, from *men(s)dʰh₁- (“to pay attention, wisdom”), from *men- (“mind”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬁 (mazdā), Old Persian [script needed] (mazdā), Ancient Greek μανθάνω (manthánō, “to learn”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐj.dʱɑ́ː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /meː.d̪ʱɑː/
Noun
मेधा • (medhā́) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मेधा (medhā́) | मेधे (medhé) | मेधाः (medhā́ḥ) |
| accusative | मेधाम् (medhā́m) | मेधे (medhé) | मेधाः (medhā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | मेधया (medháyā) मेधा¹ (medhā́¹) |
मेधाभ्याम् (medhā́bhyām) | मेधाभिः (medhā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | मेधायै (medhā́yai) | मेधाभ्याम् (medhā́bhyām) | मेधाभ्यः (medhā́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मेधायाः (medhā́yāḥ) मेधायै² (medhā́yai²) |
मेधाभ्याम् (medhā́bhyām) | मेधाभ्यः (medhā́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मेधायाः (medhā́yāḥ) मेधायै² (medhā́yai²) |
मेधयोः (medháyoḥ) | मेधानाम् (medhā́nām) |
| locative | मेधायाम् (medhā́yām) | मेधयोः (medháyoḥ) | मेधासु (medhā́su) |
| vocative | मेधे (médhe) | मेधे (médhe) | मेधाः (médhāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Related terms
- मेधिर (médhira)
Descendants
- Pali: medhā
- → Tamil: மேதை (mētai)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मेधा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 833, column 1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 378