मद्य

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मद्य (mádya). Doublet of माँजा (māñjā).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /məd̪.jᵊ/, [mɐd̪.jᵊ]

मद्य • (madya) m

1. (rare, formal) any intoxicating drink, liquor, wine, alcohol

   Synonyms: मदिरा (madirā), सुरा (surā), शराब (śarāb), दारू (dārū)

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मद्य”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मद्य”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मद्य (mádya). Doublet of माज (māj). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘦𑘟𑘿𑘧 (madya).

• IPA^(key): /məd̪.jə/

मद्य • (madya) n

1. wine
2. vinous or spirituous liquor

• Berntsen, Maxine, “मद्य”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मद्य”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “मद्य”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

From Proto-Indo-European *m̥h₂d-yó-s, from *meh₂d- (“to be wet”). Related to मदिर (madira).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ́d.jɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐd̪.jɐ/

मद्य • (mádya) stem

1. intoxicating, exhilarating, gladdening, lovely
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.68.2:

     प्र वामन्धांसि मद्यान्य्अस्थुररं गन्तं हविषो वीतये मे ।

     pra vāmandhāṃsi madyānyasthuraraṃ gantaṃ haviṣo vītaye me.

     The gladdening juices stand prepared before you: come quickly and partake of my oblation.

मद्य • (mádya) stem, n

1. any intoxicating drink, vinous or spiritous liquor, wine
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
   • c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚 (majja)
  • Hindustani: māñjā

    Hindi: माँजा

    Urdu: مان٘جا

  • Old Marathi: māja

    Devanagari script: माज

    Modi script: 𑘦𑘰𑘕

    • Marathi: माज (māj)
• Pali: majja
  • → Khmer: មជ្ជ (maccĕəʼ, “alcohol”)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚 (majja)
  • Hindi: माँजा (māñjā)
• → Gujarati: મદ્ય (madya)
• → Hindi: मद्य (madya)
• → Malayalam: മദ്യം (madyaṁ)
• → Old Marathi: madya

  Devanagari script: मद्य

  Modi script: 𑘦𑘟𑘿𑘧

  • → Marathi: मद्य (madya)
• → Tamil: மத்தியம் (mattiyam)
• → Telugu: మద్యము (madyamu)

• Monier Williams (1899) “मद्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 779.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mádya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press