मध्याह्न

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

মধ্যাহ্ন (Assamese script)
ᬫᬥ᭄ᬬᬵᬳ᭄ᬦ (Balinese script)
মধ্যাহ্ন (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰠𑰿𑰧𑰯𑰮𑰿𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀥𑁆𑀬𑀸𑀳𑁆𑀦 (Brahmi script)
မဓျာဟ္န (Burmese script)
મધ્યાહ્ન (Gujarati script)
ਮਧ੍ਯਾਹ੍ਨ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌹𑍍𑌨 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦣꦾꦴꦲ꧀ꦤ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂡𑂹𑂨𑂰𑂯𑂹𑂢 (Kaithi script)
ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Kannada script)
មធ្យាហ្ន (Khmer script)
ມຘ຺ຍາຫ຺ນ (Lao script)
മധ്യാഹ്ന (Malayalam script)
ᠮᠠᢡᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡥᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘠𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘮𑘿𑘡 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᢑᠾᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᠾᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑧀𑧠𑧇𑧑𑧎𑧠𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐢𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐴𑑂𑐣 (Newa script)
ମଧ୍ଯାହ୍ନ (Odia script)
ꢪꢤ꣄ꢫꢵꢲ꣄ꢥ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆣𑇀𑆪𑆳𑆲𑇀𑆤 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖠𑖿𑖧𑖯𑖮𑖿𑖡 (Siddham script)
මධ්‍යාහ‍්න (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩮 𑪙𑩻𑩛𑪂 𑪙𑩯 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚜𑚶𑚣𑚭𑚩𑚶𑚝 (Takri script)
மத்⁴யாஹ்ந (Tamil script)
మధ్యాహ్న (Telugu script)
มธฺยาหฺน (Thai script)
མ་དྷྱཱ་ཧྣ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒡𑓂𑒨𑒰𑒯𑓂𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨜𑩇𑨪𑨊𑨱𑩇𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From मध्य (mádhya, “mid, middle”) +‎ अहन् (ahan, “day”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐdʱ.jɑːɦ.nɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /mɐd̪ʱˈjɑːɦ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

मध्याह्न • (madhyāhna) stem, m

midday, noon
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
name of a pupil of शंकराचार्य (śaṃkarācārya) (Ṡaṃkar.)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मध्याह्न (madhyāhna)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मध्याह्नः madhyāhnaḥ	मध्याह्नौ / मध्याह्ना¹ madhyāhnau / madhyāhnā¹	मध्याह्नाः / मध्याह्नासः¹ madhyāhnāḥ / madhyāhnāsaḥ¹
Vocative	मध्याह्न madhyāhna	मध्याह्नौ / मध्याह्ना¹ madhyāhnau / madhyāhnā¹	मध्याह्नाः / मध्याह्नासः¹ madhyāhnāḥ / madhyāhnāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मध्याह्नम् madhyāhnam	मध्याह्नौ / मध्याह्ना¹ madhyāhnau / madhyāhnā¹	मध्याह्नान् madhyāhnān
Instrumental	मध्याह्नेन madhyāhnena	मध्याह्नाभ्याम् madhyāhnābhyām	मध्याह्नैः / मध्याह्नेभिः¹ madhyāhnaiḥ / madhyāhnebhiḥ¹
Dative	मध्याह्नाय madhyāhnāya	मध्याह्नाभ्याम् madhyāhnābhyām	मध्याह्नेभ्यः madhyāhnebhyaḥ
Ablative	मध्याह्नात् madhyāhnāt	मध्याह्नाभ्याम् madhyāhnābhyām	मध्याह्नेभ्यः madhyāhnebhyaḥ
Genitive	मध्याह्नस्य madhyāhnasya	मध्याह्नयोः madhyāhnayoḥ	मध्याह्नानाम् madhyāhnānām
Locative	मध्याह्ने madhyāhne	मध्याह्नयोः madhyāhnayoḥ	मध्याह्नेषु madhyāhneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀡𑁆𑀳 (majjhaṇha)
Magadhi Prakrit:
- Sylheti: ꠝꠣꠗꠣꠘ (madáno)
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀡𑁆𑀳 (majjhaṇha)
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀡𑁆𑀳 (majjhaṇha)
→ Bengali: মধ্যাহ্ন (moddhahno)
→ Kannada: ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (madhyāhna)
→ Malayalam: മദ്ധ്യാഹ്നം (maddhyāhnaṁ)
→ Tamil: மத்தியானம் (mattiyāṉam)
⇒ Telugu: మధ్యాహ్నము (madhyāhnamu)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “मध्याह्न”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 782/2.

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