মৌ
Assamese
[mɔʊ]
noun
Definitions
- honey
Etymology
Derived from Sanskrit मधु (honey, sweet) inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰu inherited from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (honey, mead, sweet drink, wine, honey wine).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*médʰu
Gloss
honey, mead, sweet drink, wine, honey wine
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
蜜
Emoji
🍯
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Thamesmead English
- mead English
- meaded English
- meadery English
- meadlike English
- meadsweet English
- meadwort English
- meady English
- meth- English
- methomania English
- Methyl German
- μέδος Ancient Greek
- μέθυ Ancient Greek
- *médʰu Proto-Indo-European
- *meduz Proto-Germanic
- medu Old English
- medusetl Old English
- मधु Sanskrit
- मधुकाण्ड Sanskrit
- mede Middle English
- *medovina Proto-Slavic
- *mȅdъ Proto-Slavic
- मधु Hindi
- μέθη Greek (modern)
- madu Malay
- চাক Assamese
- পিয়া Assamese
- মাখি Assamese
- মৌচাক Assamese
- মৌপিয়া Assamese
- মৌমাখি Assamese
- *medu Proto-Celtic
- *medwos Proto-Celtic
- madhu Pali
- મધ Gujarati
- મધમાખી Gujarati
- *mádʰu Proto-Indo-Iranian
- मध Marathi
- медъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- *mádʰu Proto-Indo-Aryan
- مدھو Urdu
- 𑀫𑀥𑀼 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀫𑀳𑀼 Maharastri Prakrit
- *médu Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *mádu Proto-Iranian
- ಮಧು Kannada
- म्होवु Konkani
- *mete fiu-pro
- *métʰu Proto-Hellenic
- मधु Bhojpuri
- 𑂧𑂡𑂳 Bhojpuri
- *ḿət(ə) Proto-Tocharian
- *ḿətə Proto-Tocharian
- ᮙᮓᮥ Sundanese
- 𑀫𑀢𑀼 Old Tamil