मेनि

Sanskrit

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mayHníš,^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂y- (“to hurt, deceive”), which could be reduced from *meh₂- (“to beckon”) +‎ *-yeti.^[2]^[3] See also Latin maereo (“I am mournful”), Proto-Slavic *mamiti (“to deceive”).

मेनि • (mení) stem, f from √mī

Feminine i-stem declension of मेनि
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मेनिः (meníḥ)	मेनी (menī́)	मेनयः (menáyaḥ)
vocative	मेने (méne)	मेनी (ménī)	मेनयः (ménayaḥ)
accusative	मेनिम् (mením)	मेनी (menī́)	मेनीः (menī́ḥ)
instrumental	मेन्या (menyā́) मेनी¹ (menī́¹)	मेनिभ्याम् (meníbhyām)	मेनिभिः (meníbhiḥ)
dative	मेनये (menáye) मेन्यै² (menyaí²) मेनी¹ (menī́¹)	मेनिभ्याम् (meníbhyām)	मेनिभ्यः (meníbhyaḥ)
ablative	मेनेः (menéḥ) मेन्याः² (menyā́ḥ²) मेन्यै³ (menyaí³)	मेनिभ्याम् (meníbhyām)	मेनिभ्यः (meníbhyaḥ)
genitive	मेनेः (menéḥ) मेन्याः² (menyā́ḥ²) मेन्यै³ (menyaí³)	मेन्योः (menyóḥ)	मेनीनाम् (menīnā́m)
locative	मेनौ (menaú) मेन्याम्² (menyā́m²) मेना¹ (menā́¹)	मेन्योः (menyóḥ)	मेनिषु (meníṣu)

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “māyā-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 349-350
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2. mei-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 710
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “358”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page maereō