मेघ

Braj

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मेघ (megha).

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

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मेघ (megha). Doublet of मेंह (mẽh).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /meːɡʱ/

Noun

मेघ • (megh) m (Urdu spelling میگھ‎)

cloud
Synonym: बादल (bādal)

Declension

Declension of मेघ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मेघ megh	मेघ megh
oblique	मेघ megh	मेघों meghõ
vocative	मेघ megh	मेघो megho

Proper noun

मेघ • (megh) m (Urdu spelling میگھ‎)

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

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मेघ (megha).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /meɡʱ/

Noun

मेघ • (megh) m

cloud

Declension

Declension of मेघ (megh)
direct singular	मेघ megh
direct plural	मेघ megh
	singular	plural
nominative	मेघ megh	मेघ megh
oblique	मेघा- meghā-	मेघां- meghāN-
dative	मेघाला meghālā	मेघांना meghāNnā
ergative	मेघाने meghāne	मेघांनी meghāNni
instrumental	मेघाशी meghāśi	मेघांशी meghāNśi
locative	मेघात meghāt	मेघांत meghāNt
vocative	मेघा meghā	मेघांनो meghāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of मेघ
	masculine object		feminine object		neuter object		oblique
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular^*	plural
singular subject	मेघाचा meghāċā	मेघाचे meghāce	मेघाची meghāci	मेघाच्या meghāca	मेघाचे, मेघाचं meghāce, meghāċa	मेघाची meghāci	मेघाच्या meghāca
plural subject	मेघांचा meghāNċā	मेघांचे meghāNce	मेघांची meghāNci	मेघांच्या meghāNca	मेघांचे, मेघांचं meghāNce, meghāNċa	मेघांची meghāNci	मेघांच्या meghāNca
^* 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

Declension table of "मेघ" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	मेघो (megho)	मेघा (meghā)
Accusative (second)	मेघं (meghaṃ)	मेघे (meghe)
Instrumental (third)	मेघेन (meghena)	मेघेहि (meghehi) or मेघेभि (meghebhi)
Dative (fourth)	मेघस्स (meghassa) or मेघाय (meghāya) or मेघत्थं (meghatthaṃ)	मेघानं (meghānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	मेघस्मा (meghasmā) or मेघम्हा (meghamhā) or मेघा (meghā)	मेघेहि (meghehi) or मेघेभि (meghebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	मेघस्स (meghassa)	मेघानं (meghānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	मेघस्मिं (meghasmiṃ) or मेघम्हि (meghamhi) or मेघे (meghe)	मेघेसु (meghesu)
Vocative (calling)	मेघ (megha)	मेघा (meghā)

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 (Oriya script)
ꢪꢾꢕ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆼𑆔 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖸𑖑 (Siddham script)
මේඝ (Sinhalese 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) 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

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

Kholosi: meh
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑁂𑀳 (meha)
- Old Marathi: 𑘦𑘹𑘮 (meha)
Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: মেহ (meh)
Paisaci Prakrit:
- Punjabi: ਮੀਂਹ m (mī̃h)
Pali: megha
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑁂𑀳 (meha)
- Gujarati: મેહ (meh)
- Hindi: मेंह (mẽh)
→ Assamese: মেঘ (megh)
→ Bengali: মেঘ (megh)
→ Gujarati: મેઘ (megh)
→ Hindi: मेघ (megh)
→ Khmer: មេឃ (meik)
→ Malay: mega
- Indonesian: mega
→ Malayalam: മേഘം (mēghaṃ)
→ Marathi: मेघ (megh)
→ Kannada: ಮೇಘ (mēgha)
→ Lao: ເມກ (mēk)
→ Old Javanese: megha
- Javanese: ꦩꦺꦒ (méga)
- → Balinese: ᬫᬾᬖ (mega)
→ Oriya: ମେଘ (meghô)
→ Sylheti: ꠝꠦꠊ (megó, “rain”)
→ 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

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