Etymograph

English

Madhesh

Madhesh comes from Nepali मधेश, and goes back to Sanskrit मध्यदेश.

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमध्यदेश
  2. Nepalimodernमधेशmadheś
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2015Madhesh

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमध्यदेश
  2. Nepalimodernमधेशmadheś
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2015Madhesh

Earliest quotation: 2015, Sugam Pokharel, More than half a century in the making: Nepal enshrines new : “Their main demand: representation equal to their population and…”

Today it means

name A province of Nepal.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Sanskrit मध्यदेश / Madhesh