As a deity name
Name 60 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
मदिरा · noun · feminine
भबके सै खीच या सड़ाकर बनाया हुआ प्रसिद्ध मादक रस । वह अकं जिसके पीने से नशा हो । शराब । दारू । मद्य · मत्त खंजन (को॰) · दुर्गा का एक नाम (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
मदिरा · madirā · s.f.
Spirituous liquor; wine; any inebriating drink — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1015
मदिरा · feminine
an epithet of Durga; a wife of Vasudeva
मदिरा · feminine
liquor, wine, alcohol; any inebriating drink; nectar
Cited formation "मदिरा" is मदिर + -आ: मदिर means "intoxicating, inebriating, intoxicative", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "मदिरा" is मदिर + -आ: मदिर means "intoxicating, inebriating, intoxicative", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi मदिरा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit मदिरा (madirā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
madirā f. See below.
madirā f. spirituous liquor, any inebriating drink, wine, nectar, Mn.; MBh. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a wagtail (esp. in the pairing season = matta-khañjana)
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M1 · same meaning "madirā" is the feminine form of "madira" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
madirā f. See below.
madirā f. spirituous liquor, any inebriating drink, wine, nectar, Mn.; MBh. &c.
a wagtail (esp. in the pairing season = matta-khañjana), L.
a kind of metre, Col.
N. of Durgā, Hariv.
madira mfn. = prec. RV. &c. &c.
madira m. a species of red-flowering Khadiri, L.
Alternative readings
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