# मेघ
## Braj
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मेघ (megha).

### Noun

मेघ (megh) m
* cloud
* (specifically) a raincloud
    पावस सघन आए, मेघन गगन छाए ― pāvas saghan āe, meghna gagan chāe ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मेघ (megha). Doublet of मेंह (mẽh).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /meːɡʱ/

### Noun

मेघ • (megh) m (Urdu spelling میگھ)
* cloud
    Synonym: बादल (bādal)

#### Declension
### Proper noun

मेघ • (megh) m (Urdu spelling میگھ)
* (Indian classical music) a monsoon raga of the Kafi thaat

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मेघ (megha).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /meɡʱ/

### Noun

मेघ • (megh) m
* cloud
    Synonym: ढग (ḍhag)

#### Declension
### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “मेघ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मेघ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “मेघ”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* megha (Latin script)
* 𑀫𑁂𑀖 (Brahmi script)
* মেঘ (Bengali script)
* මෙඝ (Sinhalese script)
* မေဃ or မေꧠ (Burmese script)
* เมฆ or เมฆะ (Thai script)
* ᨾᩮᨥ (Tai Tham script)
* ເມຆ or ເມຆະ (Lao script)
* មេឃ (Khmer script)
* 𑄟𑄬𑄊 (Chakma script)

### Noun

मेघ m
* Devanagari script form of megha

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* মেঘ (Assamese script)
* ᬫᬾᬖ (Balinese script)
* মেঘ (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰸𑰑 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑁂𑀖 (Brahmi script)
* မေဃ (Burmese script)
* મેઘ (Gujarati script)
* ਮੇਘ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑍇𑌘 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦺꦓ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂵𑂐 (Kaithi script)
* ಮೇಘ (Kannada script)
* មេឃ (Khmer script)
* ເມຆ (Lao script)
* മേഘ (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᡝᢚᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘹𑘑 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠧᠺᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑧚𑦱 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑐾𑐑 (Newa script)
* ମେଘ (Odia script)
* ꢪꢾꢕ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆼𑆔 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖸𑖑 (Siddham script)
* මෙඝ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩔𑩟 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚲𑚍 (Takri script)
* மேக⁴ (Tamil script)
* మేఘ (Telugu script)
* เมฆ (Thai script)
* མེ་གྷ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒹𑒒 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨄𑨎 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmaygʰás (“cloud”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃moygʰ-ós, from *h₃meygʰ- (“fog, cloud”).
Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬖𐬀 (maēγa, “cloud”), Persian میغ (miğ, “cloud, fog”), Old Armenian մէգ (mēg), Ancient Greek ὀμίχλη (omíkhlē, “mist, fog”), Russian мгла (mgla), Albanian mjegull, English mist.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /mɐj.ɡʱɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈmeː.ɡʱɐ/

### Noun

मेघ • (meghá) stem, m
* a cloud
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.181.8:उ॒त स्या वां॒ रुश॑तो॒ वप्स॑सो॒ गीस्त्रि॑ब॒र्हिषि॒ सद॑सि पिन्वते॒ नॄन् । वृषा॑ वां मे॒घो वृ॑षणा पीपाय॒ गोर्न सेके॒ मनु॑षो दश॒स्यन् ॥utá syā́ vāṃ rúśato vápsaso gī́stribarhíṣi sádasi pinvate nṝ́n. vṛ́ṣā vāṃ meghó vṛṣaṇā pīpāya górná séke mánuṣo daśasyán.May the praise of your resplendent forms, uttered in the hall of sacrifice, thrice strewn with sacred grass, bring prosperity to the conductors of the sacrifice. Showerers of benefits, may the raining-cloud, proceeding to man, nourish him like a sprinkling of water.
* a mass, multitude
* (in music) a particular rāga

#### Descendants

* Kholosi: meh
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑁂𑀳 (meha)
** Old Marathi: 𑘦𑘹𑘮 (meha)
* Magadhi Prakrit:
** Assamese: মেহ (meh)
** Maithili: मेह (mēh), मेहा (mēhā)
** Odia: ମିହ (miha)
* Paisaci Prakrit:
** Punjabi: mī̃h m
*** Gurmukhi script: ਮੀਂਹ
*** Shahmukhi script: مینہہ
* Pali: megha
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑁂𑀳 (meha)
** Gujarati: મેહ (meh), મેહુલો (mehulo), મેવલો (mevlo)
** Hindustani:
    Hindi: मेंह (mẽh)
    Urdu: مینہ (mẽh)
* → Assamese: মেঘ (megh) (learned)
* → Bengali: মেঘ (megh) (learned)
* → Gujarati: મેઘ (megh) (learned)
* → Hindi: मेघ (megh) (learned)
* → Khmer: មេឃ (meik)
* → Malay: mega
** Indonesian: mega
* → Malayalam: മേഘം (mēghaṁ)
* → Marathi: मेघ (megh) (learned)
* → Kannada: ಮೇಘ (mēgha)
* → Lao: ເມກ (mēk)
* → Old Javanese: megha
** Javanese: ꦩꦺꦒ (méga)
** → Balinese: ᬫᬾᬖ (mega)
* → Odia: ମେଘ (megha)
* → Sylheti: ꠝꠦꠊ (megó, “rain”)
* → Tagalog: magha, bigha
* → Tamil: மேகம் (mēkam)
* → Telugu: మేఘము (mēghamu)
* → Thai: เมฆ (mêek)
* → Urdu: میگھ (megh)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “मेघ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0831.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “मेघः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “मेघ”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mēghá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press