"මධු" meaning in Sinhalese

See මධු in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: madhu [romanization]
Etymology: PIE word *médʰu Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मधु (madhu). Doublet of මිහි (mihi) and මී (mī). Etymology templates: {{PIE word|si|médʰu}} PIE word *médʰu, {{lbor|si|sa|मधु}} Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मधु (madhu), {{dbt|si|මිහි|මී}} Doublet of මිහි (mihi) and මී (mī) Head templates: {{head|si|adjective}} මධු • (madhu)
  1. sweet, saccharine Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-මධු-si-adj-HQWMQcKS Categories (other): Taste Disambiguation of Taste: 21 9 4 13 19 9 17 4 4
  2. agreeable Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-මධු-si-adj-fE0ZjYVB

Noun

Forms: madhu [romanization]
Etymology: PIE word *médʰu Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मधु (madhu). Doublet of මිහි (mihi) and මී (mī). Etymology templates: {{PIE word|si|médʰu}} PIE word *médʰu, {{lbor|si|sa|मधु}} Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मधु (madhu), {{dbt|si|මිහි|මී}} Doublet of මිහි (mihi) and මී (mī) Head templates: {{head|si|noun||[[]]}} මධු • (madhu), {{si-noun|g=n}} මධු • (madhu), {{tlb|si|literary}} (literary)
  1. honey Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-මධු-si-noun-pV4uOEal Categories (other): Honey Disambiguation of Honey: 0 0 84 0 0 16 0 0 0
  2. nectar (of flowers) Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-මධු-si-noun-USl84brb Categories (other): Taste Disambiguation of Taste: 21 9 4 13 19 9 17 4 4
  3. sugar Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-මධු-si-noun-zHZ~scbv Categories (other): Sugars, Sweets, Taste Disambiguation of Sugars: 2 3 13 7 39 29 8 0 0 Disambiguation of Sweets: 17 2 2 7 43 22 8 0 0 Disambiguation of Taste: 21 9 4 13 19 9 17 4 4
  4. liquorice Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-මධු-si-noun-~gv1zo0l Categories (other): Pages using invalid parameters when calling Template:si-noun, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sinhalese entries with incorrect language header, Beverages Disambiguation of Pages using invalid parameters when calling Template:si-noun: 13 6 3 20 3 34 18 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 3 2 8 2 74 9 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 3 2 6 2 77 7 0 0 Disambiguation of Sinhalese entries with incorrect language header: 8 4 2 12 2 59 10 2 2 Disambiguation of Beverages: 2 2 2 2 2 29 22 20 20
  5. spirituous liquor Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-මධු-si-noun-l0hJN5b7 Categories (other): Taste Disambiguation of Taste: 21 9 4 13 19 9 17 4 4
  6. milk Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-මධු-si-noun-iCXnZTD4
  7. water Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-මධු-si-noun-D0FoSQ44
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Download raw JSONL data for මධු meaning in Sinhalese (3.7kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Sinhalese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.