# मद
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /məd̪/, [mɐd̪]

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مَدّ (madd).

#### Noun

मद • (mad) f (Urdu spelling مد)
* item, entry (e.g. in a bill)
* madd, maddah

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit मद (mada).

#### Noun

मद • (mad) m (Urdu spelling مد)
* intoxication; passion
    Synonym: नशा (naśā)

##### Declension
#### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मद”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “मद”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

## Old Gujarati
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मद (mada).

### Noun

मद • (mada) m
* wantonness, rut

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* mada (Latin script)
* 𑀫𑀤 (Brahmi script)
* মদ (Bengali script)
* මද (Sinhalese script)
* မဒ or မၻ (Burmese script)
* มท or มะทะ (Thai script)
* ᨾᨴ (Tai Tham script)
* ມທ or ມະທະ (Lao script)
* មទ (Khmer script)
* 𑄟𑄘 (Chakma script)

### Noun

मद m
* pride
* intoxication
* conceit
* sexual excess

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

* মদ (Assamese script)
* ᬫᬤ (Balinese script)
* মদ (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰟 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑀤 (Brahmi script)
* မဒ (Burmese script)
* મદ (Gujarati script)
* ਮਦ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑌦 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦢ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂠 (Kaithi script)
* ಮದ (Kannada script)
* មទ (Khmer script)
* ມທ (Lao script)
* മദ (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᠠᡩᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘟 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠠᢑᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑦿 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑐡 (Newa script)
* ମଦ (Odia script)
* ꢪꢣ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆢 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖟 (Siddham script)
* මද (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩭 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚛 (Takri script)
* மத³ (Tamil script)
* మద (Telugu script)
* มท (Thai script)
* མ་ད (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒠 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨛 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Related to मदिर (madirá) and मत्त (mattá), all three being ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬜𐬀- (maδa-, “intoxication”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /mɐ.dɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈmɐ.d̪ɐ/

### Noun

मद • (máda) stem, m
* hilarity, rapture, excitement, inspiration, intoxication (RV. etc.)
** 8th c., Bhavabhuti, Uttararāmacarita (Rama's Last Act), Act I, verse 36
    viniścetuṃ śakyo / na sukham iti vā duḥkham iti vā / pramoho nidrā vā / kim u viṣa|visarpaḥ kim u madaḥ?
    tava sparśe sparśe / mama hi parimūḍh’|êndriya|gaṇo/vikāraś caitanyaṃ / bhramayati ca sammīlayati ca.
       Every single time you touch me / a kind of transformation— / it can’t be described as joy or sorrow, / ecstasy or sleep,
       a state of intoxication / or all-suffusing poison— / confuses my senses and at once / excites and dulls my awareness.
* (dual with मदस्य (madasya)) name of 2 sāmans (ĀrshBr.)
* (in compounds) ardent passion for (MBh.)

#### Descendants

* Hindi: मद (mad)
* Old Javanese: mada
* Pali: mada
* Tamil: மதம் (matam)
* Malayalam: മദം (madaṁ)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “मद”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0777/3.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 299-300