Saturday, January 30, 2010

मधु مدھو ♣ Eng. mead, amethyst

मधु مدھو ♣ Eng. mead, amethyst

[madʰu], m.; f. honey, wine.

[←OIA mádhu- n. ‘honey, mead’ RV. ◀PIE *médhu ‘mead, honey’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. mead ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. amethyst ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 1016; (Turner, 1966) 9784; (MW, 1899) 0779; (Pokorny, 1959) 0707; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.302

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