मृत्तिका

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মৃত্তিকা (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬺᬢ᭄ᬢᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
• মৃত্তিকা (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰴𑰝𑰿𑰝𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀾𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• မၖတ္တိကာ (Burmese script)
• મૃત્તિકા (Gujarati script)
• ਮ੍ਰਤ੍ਤਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦽꦠ꧀ꦠꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑃂𑂞𑂹𑂞𑂱𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೃತ್ತಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
• ម្ឫត្តិកា (Khmer script)
• ມ຺ຣິຕ຺ຕິກາ (Lao script)
• മൃത്തികാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡵᡳᢠᢠᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘵𑘝𑘿𑘝𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠷᠢᢐᢐᠢᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧖𑦽𑧠𑦽𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐺𑐟𑑂𑐟𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
• ମୃତ୍ତିକା (Odia script)
• ꢪꢺꢡ꣄ꢡꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆸𑆠𑇀𑆠𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖴𑖝𑖿𑖝𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
• මෘත‍්තිකා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩙𑩫 𑪙𑩫𑩑𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚙𑚶𑚙𑚮𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
• ம்ரித்திகா (Tamil script)
• మృత్తికా (Telugu script)
• มฺฤตฺติกา (Thai script)
• མྲྀ་ཏྟི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒵𑒞𑓂𑒞𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨼𑨉𑨙𑩇𑨙𑨁𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From मृत् (mṛt), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *mŕ̥ts, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mŕ̥ts, from Proto-Indo-European *mĺ̥dʰ-s. Cognate with Ancient Greek μάλθη (málthē), Old English molde (whence English mold).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mr̩t.ti.kɑː/, [mr̩t̚.ti.kɑː]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmr̩t̪.t̪i.kɑː/, [ˈmr̩t̪̚.t̪i.kɑː]

Noun

मृत्तिका • (mṛttikā) stem, f

1. earth, clay, loam

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of मृत्तिका (mṛttikā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मृत्तिका mṛttikā	मृत्तिके mṛttike	मृत्तिकाः mṛttikāḥ
Vocative	मृत्तिके mṛttike	मृत्तिके mṛttike	मृत्तिकाः mṛttikāḥ
Accusative	मृत्तिकाम् mṛttikām	मृत्तिके mṛttike	मृत्तिकाः mṛttikāḥ
Instrumental	मृत्तिकया / मृत्तिका¹ mṛttikayā / mṛttikā¹	मृत्तिकाभ्याम् mṛttikābhyām	मृत्तिकाभिः mṛttikābhiḥ
Dative	मृत्तिकायै mṛttikāyai	मृत्तिकाभ्याम् mṛttikābhyām	मृत्तिकाभ्यः mṛttikābhyaḥ
Ablative	मृत्तिकायाः / मृत्तिकायै² mṛttikāyāḥ / mṛttikāyai²	मृत्तिकाभ्याम् mṛttikābhyām	मृत्तिकाभ्यः mṛttikābhyaḥ
Genitive	मृत्तिकायाः / मृत्तिकायै² mṛttikāyāḥ / mṛttikāyai²	मृत्तिकयोः mṛttikayoḥ	मृत्तिकानाम् mṛttikānām
Locative	मृत्तिकायाम् mṛttikāyām	मृत्तिकयोः mṛttikayoḥ	मृत्तिकासु mṛttikāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Dameli: maṭhī́
  • Phalura: میٹھ (mēṭhi)
  • Shina: ماٹ (māṭi̯), مٹ (muṭṭi)
• Pali: mattikā
• Prakrit: 𑀫𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀻 (maṭṭī), 𑀫𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀺𑀆 (maṭṭiā), 𑀫𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀺𑀬𑀸 (maṭṭiyā), 𑀫𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆 (mittiā)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀻 (maṭṭī)
      • Awadhi: माटी (māṭī)
      • Gujarati: માટી (māṭī)
      • Hindustani:
        • Hindi: मट्टी (maṭṭī), माटी (māṭī), मिट्टी (miṭṭī)
        • Urdu: مَٹِّی (maṭṭī), مَاٹِی (māṭī), مِٹِّی (miṭṭī)
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: মাটি (mati)
      • Bengali: মাটি (maṭi)
      • Bihari:
        • Bhojpuri: माटी (māṭī)
        • Maithili: माटी (māṭī)
      • Odia: ମାତି (māti)
      • Sylheti: ꠝꠣꠐꠤ (maṭi)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Central Pahari:
        • Garhwali: माटू (māṭū)
        • Kumaoni: माटो (māṭo), माटि (māṭⁱ)
      • Eastern Pahari:
        • Nepali: माटो (māṭo)
      • Western Pahari:
        • Bhadrawahi: मित्ती (mittī)
  • Northwestern:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Punjabi: miṭṭī

          Gurmukhi script: ਮਿੱਟੀ

          Shahmukhi script: مِٹّھِی

          • Lahnda: مِٹّھِی (miṭṭī)
      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi: miṭī

          Arabic script: مِٽِي

          Devanagari script: मिटी

          • Kachchi: મિટ્ટી (miṭṭī)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: މުށި (muṣi)
      • Sinhalese: මිටිය (miṭiya)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Konkani: māti

        Devanagari script: माति (māti)

        Kannada script: ಮಾತಿ

        Latin script: matti

      • Old Marathi: माती (mātī)
        • Marathi: माती (mātī)

Borrowings

• → Hindi: मृत्तिका (mŕttikā) (learned)
• → Tamil: மிருத்திகை (miruttikai) (learned)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mrttika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 594
• Monier Williams (1899) “मृत्तिका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 830.