See मेधा in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"2": "μανθάνω",
"3": "",
"4": "to learn"
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"tags": [
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
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"vocative"
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{
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"tags": [
"dual",
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"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
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"roman": "medhā́m",
"source": "declension",
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"singular"
]
},
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"form": "मेधे",
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"dual"
]
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{
"form": "मेधाः",
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"accusative",
"plural"
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"instrumental",
"singular"
]
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
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"tags": [
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"instrumental"
]
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
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"dative",
"singular"
]
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{
"form": "मेधाभ्याम्",
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"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"dual"
]
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"form": "मेधाभ्यः",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "मेधायाः",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
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"form": "मेधायै2",
"roman": "medhā́yai2",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मेधाभ्याम्",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "मेधाभ्यः",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
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{
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]
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"singular"
]
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"genitive"
]
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"genitive",
"plural"
]
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"locative",
"plural"
]
}
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}
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],
"id": "en-मेधा-sa-noun-CtubfHjF",
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[
"wisdom",
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],
[
"intelligence",
"intelligence"
]
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
"_dis": "3 97",
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],
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},
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"parents": [
"Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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"mental ability"
],
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[
"mental",
"mental"
],
[
"ability",
"ability"
]
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/mɐj.dʱɑ́ː/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/meː.d̪ʱɑː/",
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]
}
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}
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"Pages with entries",
"Requests for native script for Old Persian terms",
"Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
"Sanskrit feminine nouns",
"Sanskrit lemmas",
"Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
"Sanskrit nouns",
"Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
"Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
"Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
"Sanskrit terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men(s)dʰh₁-",
"Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan",
"Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
"Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Sanskrit ā-stem nouns"
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},
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},
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}
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"1": "grc",
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"3": "",
"4": "to learn"
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],
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"nominative",
"plural"
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},
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"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
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"dual",
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},
{
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"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "मेधाम्",
"roman": "medhā́m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मेधे",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "मेधाः",
"roman": "medhā́ḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "मेधया",
"roman": "medháyā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मेधा1",
"roman": "medhā́1",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मेधाभ्याम्",
"roman": "medhā́bhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "मेधाभिः",
"roman": "medhā́bhiḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "मेधायै",
"roman": "medhā́yai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मेधाभ्याम्",
"roman": "medhā́bhyām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "मेधाभ्यः",
"roman": "medhā́bhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "मेधायाः",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मेधायै2",
"roman": "medhā́yai2",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मेधाभ्याम्",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "मेधाभ्यः",
"roman": "medhā́bhyaḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "मेधायाः",
"roman": "medhā́yāḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मेधायै2",
"roman": "medhā́yai2",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मेधयोः",
"roman": "medháyoḥ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "मेधानाम्",
"roman": "medhā́nām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "मेधायाम्",
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"source": "declension",
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"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "मेधयोः",
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"source": "declension",
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"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "मेधासु",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
}
],
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},
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"name": "sa-noun"
}
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"1": "medhā́"
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{
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"wisdom, intelligence"
],
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[
"wisdom",
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],
[
"intelligence",
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]
]
},
{
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"mental ability"
],
"links": [
[
"mental",
"mental"
],
[
"ability",
"ability"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mɐj.dʱɑ́ː/",
"tags": [
"Vedic"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/meː.d̪ʱɑː/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Sanskrit"
]
}
],
"word": "मेधा"
}
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