मेय
Konkani
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Portuguese meia.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]मेय • (mey) (Latin script mei, Kannada script ಮೆಯ್)
References
[edit]- Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet[1]
- Madhavi Sardesai (2006) A Comparative Linguistic and Cultural Study of Lexical Influences on Konkani[2], Goa University (doctoral thesis)
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative scripts
- মেয় (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬾᬬ (Balinese script)
- মেয় (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰸𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑁂𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- မေယ (Burmese script)
- મેય (Gujarati script)
- ਮੇਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍇𑌯 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦺꦪ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂵𑂨 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೇಯ (Kannada script)
- មេយ (Khmer script)
- ເມຍ (Lao script)
- മേയ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡝᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘹𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠧᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧚𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐾𑐫 (Newa script)
- ମେଯ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢾꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆼𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖸𑖧 (Siddham script)
- මෙය (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩔𑩻 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚲𑚣 (Takri script)
- மேய (Tamil script)
- మేయ (Telugu script)
- เมย (Thai script)
- མེ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒹𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨄𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *móh₁-yo-s (“measurable”), from *meh₁- (“to measure”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]मेय • (méya) stem
- measurable, discernable, to be measured
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 6.137.2:
- अभीशुना मेया आसन् व्यामेनानुमेयाः ।
केशा नडा इव वर्धन्तां शीर्ष्णस्ते असिताः परि ॥- abhī́śunā méyā āsan vyāménānuméyāḥ.
kéśā naḍā́ iva vardhantāṃ śīrṣṇáste asitā́ḥ pári. - They might be measured with a rein or measurable with both extended arms.
Let the black locks spring thick and strong and grow like reeds upon thy head.
- abhī́śunā méyā āsan vyāménānuméyāḥ.
- अभीशुना मेया आसन् व्यामेनानुमेयाः ।
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मेयः (meyaḥ) | मेयौ (meyau) मेया¹ (meyā¹) |
मेयाः (meyāḥ) मेयासः¹ (meyāsaḥ¹) |
| vocative | मेय (meya) | मेयौ (meyau) मेया¹ (meyā¹) |
मेयाः (meyāḥ) मेयासः¹ (meyāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | मेयम् (meyam) | मेयौ (meyau) मेया¹ (meyā¹) |
मेयान् (meyān) |
| instrumental | मेयेन (meyena) | मेयाभ्याम् (meyābhyām) | मेयैः (meyaiḥ) मेयेभिः¹ (meyebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | मेयाय (meyāya) | मेयाभ्याम् (meyābhyām) | मेयेभ्यः (meyebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मेयात् (meyāt) | मेयाभ्याम् (meyābhyām) | मेयेभ्यः (meyebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मेयस्य (meyasya) | मेययोः (meyayoḥ) | मेयानाम् (meyānām) |
| locative | मेये (meye) | मेययोः (meyayoḥ) | मेयेषु (meyeṣu) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मेया (meyā) | मेये (meye) | मेयाः (meyāḥ) |
| vocative | मेये (meye) | मेये (meye) | मेयाः (meyāḥ) |
| accusative | मेयाम् (meyām) | मेये (meye) | मेयाः (meyāḥ) |
| instrumental | मेयया (meyayā) मेया¹ (meyā¹) |
मेयाभ्याम् (meyābhyām) | मेयाभिः (meyābhiḥ) |
| dative | मेयायै (meyāyai) | मेयाभ्याम् (meyābhyām) | मेयाभ्यः (meyābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मेयायाः (meyāyāḥ) मेयायै² (meyāyai²) |
मेयाभ्याम् (meyābhyām) | मेयाभ्यः (meyābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मेयायाः (meyāyāḥ) मेयायै² (meyāyai²) |
मेययोः (meyayoḥ) | मेयानाम् (meyānām) |
| locative | मेयायाम् (meyāyām) | मेययोः (meyayoḥ) | मेयासु (meyāsu) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मेयम् (meyam) | मेये (meye) | मेयानि (meyāni) मेया¹ (meyā¹) |
| vocative | मेय (meya) | मेये (meye) | मेयानि (meyāni) मेया¹ (meyā¹) |
| accusative | मेयम् (meyam) | मेये (meye) | मेयानि (meyāni) मेया¹ (meyā¹) |
| instrumental | मेयेन (meyena) | मेयाभ्याम् (meyābhyām) | मेयैः (meyaiḥ) मेयेभिः¹ (meyebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | मेयाय (meyāya) | मेयाभ्याम् (meyābhyām) | मेयेभ्यः (meyebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मेयात् (meyāt) | मेयाभ्याम् (meyābhyām) | मेयेभ्यः (meyebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मेयस्य (meyasya) | मेययोः (meyayoḥ) | मेयानाम् (meyānām) |
| locative | मेये (meye) | मेययोः (meyayoḥ) | मेयेषु (meyeṣu) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “मेय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 833.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mḗya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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