मेथि
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- মেথি (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬾᬣᬶ (Balinese script)
- মেথি (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰸𑰞𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑁂𑀣𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- မေထိ (Burmese script)
- મેથિ (Gujarati script)
- ਮੇਥਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍇𑌥𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦺꦡꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂵𑂟𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೇಥಿ (Kannada script)
- មេថិ (Khmer script)
- ເມຖິ (Lao script)
- മേഥി (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡝᡨᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘹𑘞𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠧᠲᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧚𑦾𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐾𑐠𑐶 (Newa script)
- ମେଥି (Odia script)
- ꢪꢾꢢꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆼𑆡𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖸𑖞𑖰 (Siddham script)
- මෙථි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩔𑩬𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚲𑚚𑚮 (Takri script)
- மேதி² (Tamil script)
- మేథి (Telugu script)
- เมถิ (Thai script)
- མེ་ཐི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒹𑒟𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨄𑨚𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]Akin to Old Armenian մոյթ (moytʻ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]मेथि • (methí) stem, m
- a pillar, post (especially a pillar in the middle of a threshing-floor to which oxen are bound, but also any central point or centre) (AV. etc.)
- cattle-shed (AV.)
- a prop for supporting carriage-shafts (AV. etc.)
Declension
[edit]| Masculine i-stem declension of मेथि | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | मेथिः (methiḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | मेथेः (metheḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | मेथिः (methiḥ) | मेथी (methī) | मेथयः (methayaḥ) |
| Vocative | मेथे (methe) | मेथी (methī) | मेथयः (methayaḥ) |
| Accusative | मेथिम् (methim) | मेथी (methī) | मेथीन् (methīn) |
| Instrumental | मेथिना (methinā) | मेथिभ्याम् (methibhyām) | मेथिभिः (methibhiḥ) |
| Dative | मेथये (methaye) | मेथिभ्याम् (methibhyām) | मेथिभ्यः (methibhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | मेथेः (metheḥ) | मेथिभ्याम् (methibhyām) | मेथिभ्यः (methibhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | मेथेः (metheḥ) | मेथ्योः (methyoḥ) | मेथीनाम् (methīnām) |
| Locative | मेथौ (methau) | मेथ्योः (methyoḥ) | मेथिषु (methiṣu) |
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “मेथि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0832.