मटची
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- मटती (maṭatī)
Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- মটচী (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬝᬘᬷ (Balinese script)
- মটচী (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰘𑰓𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀝𑀘𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- မဋစီ (Burmese script)
- મટચી (Gujarati script)
- ਮਟਚੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌟𑌚𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦛꦕꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂗𑂒𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಟಚೀ (Kannada script)
- មដចី (Khmer script)
- ມຏຈີ (Lao script)
- മടചീ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᢞᠠᢜᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘘𑘓𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᢌᠠᢋᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑦸𑦳𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐚𑐔𑐷 (Newa script)
- ମଟଚୀ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢜꢗꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆛𑆖𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖘𑖓𑖱 (Siddham script)
- මටචී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩦𑩡𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚔𑚏𑚯 (Takri script)
- மடசீ (Tamil script)
- మటచీ (Telugu script)
- มฏจี (Thai script)
- མ་ཊ་ཙཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒙𑒔𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨔𑨣𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]A term of uncertain interpretation, an almost-hapax legomenon only attested twice in the Sanskrit corpus; once in the Chāndogya Upaniṣad, and once in the Bhāradvājagṛhyasūtra. If the original meaning is "locust", then it is likely a Wanderwort shared with Dravidian and Iranian languages; compare Kannada ಮಿಡಿಚೆ (miḍice) / ಮಿಡಿತೆ (miḍite, “locust”), as well as Persian ملخ (malax, “grasshopper”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]मटची • (maṭacī) stem, f
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Probably locust or hail/hailstone.
- c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.10.1:
- मटचीहतेषु कुरुष्वाटिक्या सह जाययोषस्तिर्ह चाक्रायण इभ्यग्रामे प्रद्राणक उवास ॥
- maṭacīhateṣu kuruṣvāṭikyā saha jāyayoṣastirha cākrāyaṇa ibhyagrāme pradrāṇaka uvāsa.
- The land of the Kurus was (struck by hail / besieged by locusts), and a young man living there named Uṣasti, the son of Cakra, was in great distress. He left home along with his wife, Āṭikī, and moved to a prosperous village.
- मटचीहतेषु कुरुष्वाटिक्या सह जाययोषस्तिर्ह चाक्रायण इभ्यग्रामे प्रद्राणक उवास ॥
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मटची (maṭacī) | मटच्यौ (maṭacyau) मटची¹ (maṭacī¹) |
मटच्यः (maṭacyaḥ) मटचीः¹ (maṭacīḥ¹) |
| vocative | मटचि (maṭaci) | मटच्यौ (maṭacyau) मटची¹ (maṭacī¹) |
मटच्यः (maṭacyaḥ) मटचीः¹ (maṭacīḥ¹) |
| accusative | मटचीम् (maṭacīm) | मटच्यौ (maṭacyau) मटची¹ (maṭacī¹) |
मटचीः (maṭacīḥ) |
| instrumental | मटच्या (maṭacyā) | मटचीभ्याम् (maṭacībhyām) | मटचीभिः (maṭacībhiḥ) |
| dative | मटच्यै (maṭacyai) | मटचीभ्याम् (maṭacībhyām) | मटचीभ्यः (maṭacībhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मटच्याः (maṭacyāḥ) मटच्यै² (maṭacyai²) |
मटचीभ्याम् (maṭacībhyām) | मटचीभ्यः (maṭacībhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मटच्याः (maṭacyāḥ) मटच्यै² (maṭacyai²) |
मटच्योः (maṭacyoḥ) | मटचीनाम् (maṭacīnām) |
| locative | मटच्याम् (maṭacyām) | मटच्योः (maṭacyoḥ) | मटचीषु (maṭacīṣu) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “मटची”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 774/2.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “maṭacī”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “मटची,_मटती”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1221
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “मटची”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 213
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 293
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 553-4