# माधव
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit माधव (mā́dhava), the vṛddhi derivative of मधु (mádhu, “sweet”).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /mɑː.d̪ʱəʋ/, [mäː.d̪ʱɐʋ]

### Proper noun

माधव • (mādhav) m
* a male given name, Madhav, from Sanskrit

#### Declension
### Proper noun

माधव • (mādhav) m or f by sense
* a surname, equivalent to English Madhav

#### Declension

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “माधव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* মাধৱ (Assamese script)
* ᬫᬵᬥᬯ (Balinese script)
* মাধব (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰯𑰠𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑀸𑀥𑀯 (Brahmi script)
* မာဓဝ (Burmese script)
* માધવ (Gujarati script)
* ਮਾਧਵ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑌾𑌧𑌵 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦴꦣꦮ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂰𑂡𑂫 (Kaithi script)
* ಮಾಧವ (Kannada script)
* មាធវ (Khmer script)
* ມາຘວ (Lao script)
* മാധവ (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢡᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘰𑘠𑘪 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠠᢗᢑᠾᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑧑𑧀𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑐵𑐢𑐰 (Newa script)
* ମାଧଵ (Odia script)
* ꢪꢵꢤꢮ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆳𑆣𑆮 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖯𑖠𑖪 (Siddham script)
* මාධව (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩛𑩮𑩾 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚭𑚜𑚦 (Takri script)
* மாத⁴வ (Tamil script)
* మాధవ (Telugu script)
* มาธว (Thai script)
* མཱ་དྷ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒰𑒡𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨊𑨜𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of मधु (mádhu, “honey, nectar”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /mɑ́ː.dʱɐ.ʋɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈmɑː.d̪ʱɐ.ʋɐ/

### Adjective

माधव • (mā́dhava) stem
* vernal; relating to the spring
* belonging to or peculiar to the descendants of the Madhu race

#### Declension
### Proper noun

माधव • (mādhava) stem, m
* the name of the second month of the spring season
** c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) I.4.14:मधुश् च माधवश् च शुक्रश् च शुचिश् च नभश् च नभस्यश् चेषश् चोर्जश् च सहश् च सहस्यश् च तपश् च तपस्यश् च। उपयामगृहीतो ऽसि सꣳसर्पो ऽसि।madhuś ca mādhavaś ca śukraś ca śuciś ca nabhaś ca nabhasyaś ceṣaś corjaś ca sahaś ca sahasyaś ca tapaś ca tapasyaś ca. upayāmagṛhīto ʼsi saṃsarpo ʼsi.Thou art Madhu and Mādhava; thou art Śukra and Śuci; thou art Nabha and Nabhasya; thou art Iṣa and Ūrja; thou art Saha and Sahasya; thou art Tapa and Tapasya. Thou art taken with a support. Thou art Samsarpa.
* an epithet of Krishna
** c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā Chapter I.14:ततः श्वेतैर्हयैर्युक्ते महति स्यन्दने स्थितौ। माधवः पाण्डवश्चैव दिव्यौ शङ्खौ प्रदध्मतुः॥tataḥ śvetairhayairyukte mahati syandane sthitau. mādhavaḥ pāṇḍavaścaiva divyau śaṅkhau pradadhmatuḥ.On the other side, both Mādhava [Kṛṣṇa] and the son of Pāṇḍu [Arjuna], stationed on a great chariot drawn by white horses, blew their divine conchshells.

#### Derived terms

* माधवीय (mādhavīya)

#### Descendants

* → Gujarati: માધવ (mādhav)
* → Hindi: माधव (mādhav)
* → Kannada: ಮಾಧವ (mādhava)
* → Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: माधव (mādhava)
    Modi script: 𑘦𑘰𑘠𑘪 (mādhava)
** → Marathi: माधव (mādhav)
* → Tamil: மாதவன் (mātavaṉ)
* ⇒ Telugu: మాధవుడు (mādhavuḍu), మాధవుండు (mādhavuṇḍu), మాధవము (mādhavamu)

### Noun

माधव • (mādhava) stem, m
* a descendant of the Madhu race

#### Declension
### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “माधव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 808, column 2.