मिथस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মিথস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬶᬣᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• মিথস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰰𑰞𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀺𑀣𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• မိထသ် (Burmese script)
• મિથસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਿਥਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌿𑌥𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦶꦡꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂱𑂟𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಿಥಸ್ (Kannada script)
• មិថស៑ (Khmer script)
• ມິຖສ຺ (Lao script)
• മിഥസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡳᡨᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘱𑘞𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠢᠲᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧒𑦾𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐶𑐠𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ମିଥସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢶꢢꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆴𑆡𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖰𑖞𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• මිථස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩑𑩬𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚮𑚚𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• மித²ஸ் (Tamil script)
• మిథస్ (Telugu script)
• มิถสฺ (Thai script)
• མི་ཐ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒱𑒟𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨁𑨚𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange; mutual, reciprocal”). Cognate with Latin mittō (“to send”), Gothic 𐌹𐌽𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (inmaidjan, “to change”). Latin mūtuus (“mutual”) and its English borrowing mutual may also be cognates. The Sanskrit root is मिथ् (mith).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mi.tʰɐ́s/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mi.t̪ʰɐs̪/

Adverb

मिथस् • (mithás)

1. mutually, reciprocally
2. together
3. alternately to, from or with each other

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मिथस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 816, column 3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 355