मेधिर

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬫᬾᬥᬶᬭ (Balinese script)
  • মেধিৰ (Assamese script)
  • মেধির (Bengali script)
  • 𑰦𑰸𑰠𑰰𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀫𑁂𑀥𑀺𑀭 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌮𑍇𑌧𑌿𑌰 (Grantha script)
  • મેધિર (Gujarati script)
  • ਮੇਧਿਰ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦩꦺꦣꦶꦫ (Javanese script)
  • មេធិរ (Khmer script)
  • ಮೇಧಿರ (Kannada script)
  • ເມຘິຣ (Lao script)
  • മേധിര (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘦𑘹𑘠𑘱𑘨 (Modi script)
  • ᠮᠧᢑᠾᢈᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • ᠮᡝᢡᡳᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
  • မေဓိရ (Burmese script)
  • 𑧆𑧚𑧀𑧒𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐩𑐾𑐢𑐶𑐬 (Newa script)
  • ମେଧିର (Oriya script)
  • ꢪꢾꢤꢶꢬ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆩𑆼𑆣𑆴𑆫 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖦𑖸𑖠𑖰𑖨 (Siddham script)
  • මේධිර (Sinhalese script)
  • మేధిర (Telugu script)
  • เมธิร (Thai script)
  • མེ་དྷི་ར (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒧𑒹𑒡𑒱𑒩 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mazdʰHrás, from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥s-dʰh₁-rós from *ménos (“mind”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬄𐬰𐬛𐬭𐬀‎ (mązdra) (< *manzdʰHrás), Proto-Germanic *mundraz, Proto-Slavic *mǫdrъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

मेधिर • (médhira)

  1. intelligent, wise
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.42.3:
      वेदा विश्वस्य मेधिरो धृषत्तंतमिदेषते॥
      vedā viśvasya medhiro dhṛṣattaṃtamideṣate.
      Full wise he knows the hope of each, and, Bold One, strikes this foe and that.
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