As a Hindi name
मेद · noun · masculine
शरीर के अंदर की वसा नामक धातु । चरबी · मोटाई या चरबी बढ़ने का रोग · कस्तूरी — Śabdasāgara
मेद · med · s.m.
corr. of ميدهہ medh, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1104
मेद · meda · s.m.
Fat, adeps; marrow; lymph, serum — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1104
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
fat (= medas)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (11)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "meda" is the vocative of "medā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
1. meda m. fat (= medas), R.; Kām.
a species of plant (= alambuṣā), L.
a partic. mixed caste (the son of a Vaideha and a Kārāvara or a Niṣāda female accord. to some ‘any person who lives by degrading occupations’), Mn.; MBh. &c.
N. of a serpent-demon, MBh.
2. meda in comp. for medas.
medā f. a root resembling ginger (said to be one of the 8 principal medicines), Suśr.
Alternative readings
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