मेघ

Braj

Etymology

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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

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Doublet of मेंह (mẽh).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /meːɡʱ/

Noun

मेघ • (megh) m (Urdu spelling میگھ‎)

cloud
Synonym: बादल (bādal)

Declension

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Proper noun

मेघ • (megh) m (Urdu spelling میگھ‎)

(Indian classical music) a monsoon raga of the Kafi thaat

Marathi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /meɡʱ/

Noun

मेघ • (megh) m

cloud

Declension

Declension of Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) megh
direct plural	Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) megh
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) megh	Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) megh
oblique सामान्यरूप	मेघा meghā	मेघां- meghān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	मेघाला meghālā	मेघांना meghānnā
ergative	मेघाने, मेघानं meghāne, meghāna	मेघांनी meghānnī
instrumental	मेघाशी meghāśī	मेघांशी meghānśī
locative सप्तमी	मेघात meghāt	मेघांत meghāt
vocative संबोधन	मेघा meghā	मेघांनो meghānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

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	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular^* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	मेघाचा meghāċā	मेघाचे meghāċe	मेघाची meghācī	मेघाच्या meghācā	मेघाचे, मेघाचं meghāċe, meghāċa	मेघाची meghācī	मेघाच्या meghācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	मेघांचा meghānċā	मेघांचे meghānċe	मेघांची meghāñcī	मेघांच्या meghāncā	मेघांचे, मेघांचं meghānċe, meghānċa	मेघांची meghāñcī	मेघांच्या meghāñcā
^* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

Berntsen, Maxine, “मेघ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
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

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ᬫᬾᬖ (Balinese script)
মেঘ (Assamese script)
মেঘ (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰸𑰑 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑁂𑀖 (Brahmi script)
𑌮𑍇𑌘 (Grantha script)
મેઘ (Gujarati script)
ਮੇਘ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦩꦺꦓ (Javanese script)
មេឃ (Khmer script)
ಮೇಘ (Kannada script)
ເມຆ (Lao script)
മേഘ (Malayalam script)
𑘦𑘹𑘑 (Modi script)
ᠮᠧᠺᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
ᠮᡝᢚᠠ (Manchu script)
မေဃ (Burmese script)
𑧆𑧚𑦱 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐾𑐑 (Newa script)
ମେଘ (Odia script)
ꢪꢾꢕ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆼𑆔 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖸𑖑 (Siddham script)
මෙඝ (Sinhalese script)
மேக⁴ (Tamil script)
మేఘ (Telugu script)
เมฆ (Thai script)
མེ་གྷ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒹𑒒 (Tirhuta 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 ‎ (miğ, “cloud, fog”), Old Armenian մէգ (mēg), Ancient Greek ὀμίχλη (omíkhlē, “mist, fog”), Russian мгла (mgla), Albanian mjegull, English mist.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐj.ɡʱɐ́/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.ɡʱɐ/

Noun

मेघ • (meghá) stem, m

a cloud
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.181.8:
  वृषा वां मेघो वृषणा पीपाय गोर्न सेके मनुषो दशस्यन् ॥
  vṛṣā vāṃ megho vṛṣaṇā pīpāya gorna seke manuṣo daśasyan .
  Your strong rain-cloud, ye Mighty Ones, hath swollen, honouring men as ’twere with milk's outpouring.
a mass, multitude
(in music) a particular rāga

Declension

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Descendants

Kholosi: meh
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑁂𑀳 (meha)
- Old Marathi: 𑘦𑘹𑘮 (meha)
Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: মেহ (meh)
- Maithili: मेह (mēh), मेहा (mēhā)
- Odia: ମିହ (mihô)
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)
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→ Khmer: មេឃ (meik)
→ Malay: mega
- Indonesian: mega
→ Malayalam: മേഘം (mēghaṁ)
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→ Kannada: ಮೇಘ (mēgha)
→ Lao: ເມກ (mēk)
→ Old Javanese: megha
- Javanese: ꦩꦺꦒ (méga)
- → Balinese: ᬫᬾᬖ (mega)
→ Odia: ମେଘ (meghô)
→ Sylheti: ꠝꠦꠊ (megó, “rain”)
→ Tagalog: magha
→ Tagalog: 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

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