# मधु
## Bhojpuri
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मधु (madhu).

### Noun

मधु (madhu) m (Kaithi 𑂧𑂡𑂳)
* honey

## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मधु (mádhu).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /mə.d̪ʱuː/, [mɐ.d̪ʱuː]

### Noun

मधु • (madhu) m (Urdu spelling مدھو)
* honey
    Synonym: शहद (śahad)
    हर मधुमक्खी रानी के लिए मधु बनाती है।har madhumakkhī rānī ke lie madhu banātī hai.Every honeybee makes honey for the queen.

#### Related terms

* मधुर (madhur, “sweet”)

#### References

* Platts, John T. (1884) “मधु”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मधु (madhu).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mə.d̪ʱu/, [mə.d̪ʱuː]

### Noun

मधु • (madhu) n
* honey

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* madhu (Latin script)
* 𑀫𑀥𑀼 (Brahmi script)
* মধু (Bengali script)
* මධු (Sinhalese script)
* မဓု or မꩪု (Burmese script)
* มธุ or มะธุ (Thai script)
* ᨾᨵᩩ (Tai Tham script)
* ມຘຸ or ມະຘຸ (Lao script)
* មធុ (Khmer script)
* 𑄟𑄙𑄪 (Chakma script)

### Noun

मधु n
* Devanagari script form of madhu

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* মধু (Assamese script)
* ᬫᬥᬸ (Balinese script)
* মধু (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰠𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑀥𑀼 (Brahmi script)
* မဓု (Burmese script)
* મધુ (Gujarati script)
* ਮਧੁ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑌧𑍁 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦣꦸ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂡𑂳 (Kaithi script)
* ಮಧು (Kannada script)
* មធុ (Khmer script)
* ມຘຸ (Lao script)
* മധു (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᠠᢡᡠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘠𑘳 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠠᢑᠾᠤ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑧀𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑐢𑐸 (Newa script)
* ମଧୁ (Odia script)
* ꢪꢤꢸ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆣𑆶 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖠𑖲 (Siddham script)
* මධු (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩮𑩒 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚜𑚰 (Takri script)
* மது⁴ (Tamil script)
* మధు (Telugu script)
* มธุ (Thai script)
* མ་དྷུ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒡𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨜𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰu (“honey, wine”), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey, wine, mead”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬜𐬎 (maδu), Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu), Lithuanian medùs, Old Church Slavonic медъ (medŭ, “honey”), Old English medu (whence English mead).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /mɐ́.dʱu/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /mɐ.d̪ʱu/

### Noun

मधु • (mádhu) stem, n
* honey
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.39.6:ओष्ठा॑विव॒ मध्व्आ॒स्ने वद॑न्ता॒ स्तना॑विव पिप्यतं जी॒वसे॑ नः। नासे॑व नस्त॒न्वो॑ रक्षि॒तारा॒ कर्णा॑विव सु॒श्रुता॑ भूतम॒स्मे॥óṣṭhāviva mádhvāsné vádantā stánāviva pipyataṃ jīváse naḥ. nā́seva nastanvò rakṣitā́rā kárṇāviva suśrútā bhūtamasmé.Like two lips that with the mouth speak honey, like two breasts that nourish our existence, like the two nostrils that protect our being, be to us like our ears that hear distinctly.
* mead; any sweet liquid
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.38.8:वाजे॑वाजेऽवत वाजिनो नो॒ धने॑षु विप्रा अमृता ऋतज्ञाः। अ॒स्य मध्वः॑ पिबत मा॒दय॑ध्वं तृ॒प्ता या॑त प॒थिभि॑र्देव॒यानैः॑॥vā́jevājeʼvata vājino no dháneṣu viprā amṛtā ṛtajñāḥ. asyá mádhvaḥ pibata mādáyadhvaṃ tṛptā́ yāta pathíbhirdevayā́naiḥ.Deep-skilled in Law eternal, deathless, Singers, O Vajins, help us in each fray for booty. Drink of this mead, be satisfied, be joyful: then go on paths which Gods are wont to travel.
* the juice or nectar of flowers, any sweet intoxicating drink, wine or spirituous liquor
* (poetic) milk or anything produced from milk (as butter, ghee etc.)

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Derived terms

* माधव (mā́dhava)
* मधूक (madhū́ka)
* मधुसूदन (madhusūdana)

#### Descendants

* Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀳𑀼 (mahu)
** Assamese: মৌ (mou)
** Bengali: মউ (mou), মৌ (mōu)
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀳𑀼 (mahu)
** Konkani: म्होंव (mhõv)
* Pali: madhu
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀥𑀼 (madhu)
** Gujarati: મધ (madh)
** Hindustani:
    Hindi: मधु (madhu)
    Urdu: مدھو (madhu)
** Romani: mol, mod, mou
* → Assamese: মধু (modhu) (learned)
* → Bengali: মধু (modhu) (learned)
* → Bhojpuri: मधु (madhu) (learned)
* → Kannada: ಮಧು (madhu) (learned)
* → Malay: madu (learned)
** Indonesian: madu
* → Marathi: मध (madh) (learned)
* → Old Javanese: madhu
** Javanese: ꦩꦢꦸ (madu)
** → Balinese: ᬫᬥᬸ (madu)
* → Old Marathi: 𑘦𑘟𑘳 (madu) (learned)
* → Rohingya: modú (learned)
* → Sinhalese: මධු (madhu) (learned)
* → Sundanese: ᮙᮓᮥ (madu)
* → Old Tamil: 𑀫𑀢𑀼 (matu)
** Tamil: மது (matu)
* → Telugu: మధువు (madhuvu) (learned)

### Proper noun

मधु • (madhu) stem, m
* name of the first month of the year - Chaitra, the season of spring
* name of Shiva
* name of a demon killed by Vishnu

### Adjective

मधु • (mádhu) stem
* sweet, delicious, pleasant

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Later Sanskrit
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

#### Derived terms

* मधुच्छन्दस् (madhucchandas)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “मधु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 779/2.