मायिन्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মায়িন্ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬵᬬᬶᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
• মায়িন্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰯𑰧𑰰𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀸𑀬𑀺𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• မာယိန် (Burmese script)
• માયિન્ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਾਯਿਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌾𑌯𑌿𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦴꦪꦶꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂰𑂨𑂱𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಾಯಿೝ (Kannada script)
• មាយិន៑ (Khmer script)
• ມາຍິນ຺ (Lao script)
• മായിന് (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᡳᠨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘰𑘧𑘱𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠢᠨ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧑𑧇𑧒𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐵𑐫𑐶𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
• ମାଯିନ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢵꢫꢶꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆳𑆪𑆴𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖯𑖧𑖰𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
• මායින් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩛𑩻𑩑𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚭𑚣𑚮𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
• மாயிந் (Tamil script)
• మాయిౝ (Telugu script)
• มายินฺ (Thai script)
• མཱ་ཡི་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒰𑒨𑒱𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨊𑨪𑨁𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From माया (māyā́, “illusion”) +‎ -इन् (-in, “possessing”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɑː.jín/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.jin̪/

Adjective

मायिन् • (māyín) stem

1. deceptive, guileful, illusory, skilled in enchantment (RV., AV., ŚvetUp.)
2. subject to illusion (BhP.)

Declension

Masculine in-stem declension of मायिन् (māyín)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मायी māyī́	मायिनौ / मायिना¹ māyínau / māyínā¹	मायिनः māyínaḥ
Vocative	मायिन् mā́yin	मायिनौ / मायिना¹ mā́yinau / mā́yinā¹	मायिनः mā́yinaḥ
Accusative	मायिनम् māyínam	मायिनौ / मायिना¹ māyínau / māyínā¹	मायिनः māyínaḥ
Instrumental	मायिना māyínā	मायिभ्याम् māyíbhyām	मायिभिः māyíbhiḥ
Dative	मायिने māyíne	मायिभ्याम् māyíbhyām	मायिभ्यः māyíbhyaḥ
Ablative	मायिनः māyínaḥ	मायिभ्याम् māyíbhyām	मायिभ्यः māyíbhyaḥ
Genitive	मायिनः māyínaḥ	मायिनोः māyínoḥ	मायिनाम् māyínām
Locative	मायिनि māyíni	मायिनोः māyínoḥ	मायिषु māyíṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ī-stem declension of मायिनी (māyínī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मायिनी māyínī	मायिन्यौ / मायिनी¹ māyínyau / māyínī¹	मायिन्यः / मायिनीः¹ māyínyaḥ / māyínīḥ¹
Vocative	मायिनि mā́yini	मायिन्यौ / मायिनी¹ mā́yinyau / mā́yinī¹	मायिन्यः / मायिनीः¹ mā́yinyaḥ / mā́yinīḥ¹
Accusative	मायिनीम् māyínīm	मायिन्यौ / मायिनी¹ māyínyau / māyínī¹	मायिनीः māyínīḥ
Instrumental	मायिन्या māyínyā	मायिनीभ्याम् māyínībhyām	मायिनीभिः māyínībhiḥ
Dative	मायिन्यै māyínyai	मायिनीभ्याम् māyínībhyām	मायिनीभ्यः māyínībhyaḥ
Ablative	मायिन्याः / मायिन्यै² māyínyāḥ / māyínyai²	मायिनीभ्याम् māyínībhyām	मायिनीभ्यः māyínībhyaḥ
Genitive	मायिन्याः / मायिन्यै² māyínyāḥ / māyínyai²	मायिन्योः māyínyoḥ	मायिनीनाम् māyínīnām
Locative	मायिन्याम् māyínyām	मायिन्योः māyínyoḥ	मायिनीषु māyínīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter in-stem declension of मायिन् (māyín)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मायि māyí	मायिनी māyínī	मायीनि māyī́ni
Vocative	मायि / मायिन् mā́yi / mā́yin	मायिनी mā́yinī	मायीनि mā́yīni
Accusative	मायि māyí	मायिनी māyínī	मायीनि māyī́ni
Instrumental	मायिना māyínā	मायिभ्याम् māyíbhyām	मायिभिः māyíbhiḥ
Dative	मायिने māyíne	मायिभ्याम् māyíbhyām	मायिभ्यः māyíbhyaḥ
Ablative	मायिनः māyínaḥ	मायिभ्याम् māyíbhyām	मायिभ्यः māyíbhyaḥ
Genitive	मायिनः māyínaḥ	मायिनोः māyínoḥ	मायिनाम् māyínām
Locative	मायिनि māyíni	मायिनोः māyínoḥ	मायिषु māyíṣu

Noun

मायिन् • (māyin) stem, m

1. magician, juggler (Kathās.)
2. trickster, cheat (W.)

Proper noun

मायिन् • (māyin) stem, m

1. an epithet of various gods (L.)
   1. of Brahmā
   2. of Shiva
   3. of Vishnu
   4. of Kāma

Noun

मायिन् • (māyin) stem, n

1. magic (BhP.)
2. gallnut (L.)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मायिन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 811, column 2.