As a Hindi name
माधवक · noun · masculine
महुए या मधु की शराब — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a spirituous liquor (prepared from honey or from the blossoms of the Bassia Latifolia)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "mādhavaka" is derived from "mādhava" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
mādhava mf(ī)n. (fr. madhu; f(ā). only in mādhavā [= madhavyā] tanūḥ, Pāṇ. iv, 4, 129, Sch.) relating to spring, vernal, Hariv.; Vikr.; Kathās.
belonging or peculiar to the descendants of Madhu i.e. the Yādavas, Hariv.
mādhavaka m. a spirituous liquor (prepared from honey or from the blossoms of the Bassia Latifolia), L.
mādhavaka m. (-kaḥ) A spirituous liquor, made from the blossoms of the Bassia latifolia. f. (-vikā) 1 A kind of creeper. 2 A female attendant. E. kan added to the preceding.
Dictionary citations
mādhavaka m. a spirituous liquor (prepared from honey or from the blossoms of the Bassia Latifolia), L.
mādhavaka m. (-kaḥ) A spirituous liquor, made from the blossoms of the Bassia latifolia. f. (-vikā) 1 A kind of creeper. 2 A female attendant. E. kan added to the preceding.
mādhava mf(ī)n. (fr. madhu; f(ā). only in mādhavā [= madhavyā] tanūḥ, Pāṇ. iv, 4, 129, Sch.) relating to spring, vernal, Hariv.; Vikr.; Kathās.
belonging or peculiar to the descendants of Madhu i.e. the Yādavas, Hariv.
Alternative readings
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