As a Hindi name
मेनाद · noun · masculine
बिल्ली · बकरी · मोर — Śabdasāgara
में · feminine
bleat, baa, bleating (cry of a sheep)
मई · feminine
May
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Onomatopoeic.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘making the sound me’, a goat
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Dictionary citations
me—nāda m. ‘making the sound me’, a goat, L.
a cat, L.
a peacock, L.
me-nāda See 2. me.
menāda m. (-daḥ) 1 A cat. 2 A goat. 3 A peacock. E. me imitative cry, mew, and nāda sound.
Alternative readings
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