मेघ

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit मेघ (megha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmaygʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃moygʰos (“fog, cloud”). Doublet of मेंह (menh).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /meːɡʱ/

Noun

मेघ • (megh) m (Urdu spelling میگھ‎)

cloud
Synonym: बादल (bādal)

Pali

Alternative forms

megha (Latin script)
𑀫𑁂𑀖 (Brahmi script)
মেঘ (Bengali script)
මෙඝ (Sinhalese script)
မေဃ (Burmese script)
เมฆ (Thai script)
ᨾᩮᨥ (Tai Tham script)
មេឃ (Khmer script)

Noun

मेघ m

cloud
rain

Declension

Declension table of "मेघ" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	मेघो	मेघा
Accusative (second)	मेघं	मेघे
Instrumental (third)	मेघेन	मेघेहि or मेघेभि
Dative (fourth)	मेघस्स or मेघाय or मेघत्थं	मेघानं
Ablative (fifth)	मेघस्मा or मेघम्हा or मेघा	मेघेहि or मेघेभि
Genitive (sixth)	मेघस्स	मेघानं
Locative (seventh)	मेघस्मिं or मेघम्हि or मेघे	मेघेसु
Vocative (calling)	मेघ	मेघा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative forms

ᬫᬾᬖ (Balinese script)
মেঘ (Assamese script)
মেঘ (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰸𑰑 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑁂𑀖 (Brahmi script)
𑌮𑍇𑌘 (Grantha script)
મેઘ (Gujarati script)
ꦩꦺꦓ (Javanese script)
ಮೇಘ (Kannada script)
မေဃ (Burmese script)
ମେଘ (Oriya script)
ꢪꢾꢕ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆼𑆔 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖸𑖑 (Siddham script)
མེགྷ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒹𑒒 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmaygʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃moygʰ-ó-s (“fog, cloud”), from *h₃meygʰ-. Cognates include Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬖𐬀‎ (maēγa, “cloud”), Persian (meġ, “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) m

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

Masculine a-stem declension of मेघ (meghá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मेघः megháḥ	मेघौ meghaú	मेघाः / मेघासः¹ meghā́ḥ / meghā́saḥ¹
Vocative	मेघ mégha	मेघौ méghau	मेघाः / मेघासः¹ méghāḥ / méghāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मेघम् meghám	मेघौ meghaú	मेघान् meghā́n
Instrumental	मेघेन meghéna	मेघाभ्याम् meghā́bhyām	मेघैः / मेघेभिः¹ meghaíḥ / meghébhiḥ¹
Dative	मेघाय meghā́ya	मेघाभ्याम् meghā́bhyām	मेघेभ्यः meghébhyaḥ
Ablative	मेघात् meghā́t	मेघाभ्याम् meghā́bhyām	मेघेभ्यः meghébhyaḥ
Genitive	मेघस्य meghásya	मेघयोः megháyoḥ	मेघानाम् meghā́nām
Locative	मेघे meghé	मेघयोः megháyoḥ	मेघेषु meghéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑁂𑀳 (meha)
Magadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
- Assamese: মেহ (meh)
Pali: megha
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑁂𑀳 (meha)
- Gujarati: મેહ (meh)
- Hindi: मेंह (menh)
→ Assamese: মেঘ (megh)
→ Bengali: মেঘ (megh)
→ Hindi: मेघ (megh)
→ Khmer: មេឃ (meik)
→ Malay: mega
- Indonesian: mega
→ Javanese: mega
→ Kannada: ಮೇಘ (mēgha)
→ Lao: ເມກ (mēk)
→ Oriya: ମେଘ (meghô)
→ Sylheti: ꠝꠦꠊ (meg, “rain”)
→ Tamil: மேகம் (mēkam)
→ Telugu: మేఘము (mēghamu)
→ Thai: เมฆ (mêek)
→ Urdu: میگھ‎ (megh)

References

Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0831

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