मेथिका

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

মেথিকা (Assamese script)
ᬫᬾᬣᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
মেথিকা (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰸𑰞𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑁂𑀣𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
မေထိကာ (Burmese script)
મેથિકા (Gujarati script)
ਮੇਥਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑍇𑌥𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦺꦡꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂵𑂟𑂱𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ಮೇಥಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
មេថិកា (Khmer script)
ເມຖິກາ (Lao script)
മേഥികാ (Malayalam script)
ᠮᡝᡨᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘹𑘞𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠮᠧᠲᠢᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑧚𑦾𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐾𑐠𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
ମେଥିକା (Odia script)
ꢪꢾꢢꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆼𑆡𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖸𑖞𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
මෙථිකා (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩔𑩬𑩑𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚲𑚚𑚮𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
மேதி²கா (Tamil script)
మేథికా (Telugu script)
เมถิกา (Thai script)
མེ་ཐི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒹𑒟𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨄𑨚𑨁𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *mentti (compare Sanskrit मेथी (methī), Tamil வெந்தயம் (ventayam), Telugu మెంతులు (mentulu), Kannada ಮೆಂತೆ (mente)).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐj.tʰi.kɑː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /meː.t̪ʰi.kɑː/

Noun

मेथिका • (methikā) stem, f

fenugreek, methi
Synonym: मेथी (methī)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of मेथिका
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मेथिका (methikā)	मेथिके (methike)	मेथिकाः (methikāḥ)
accusative	मेथिकाम् (methikām)	मेथिके (methike)	मेथिकाः (methikāḥ)
instrumental	मेथिकया (methikayā) मेथिका¹ (methikā¹)	मेथिकाभ्याम् (methikābhyām)	मेथिकाभिः (methikābhiḥ)
dative	मेथिकायै (methikāyai)	मेथिकाभ्याम् (methikābhyām)	मेथिकाभ्यः (methikābhyaḥ)
ablative	मेथिकायाः (methikāyāḥ) मेथिकायै² (methikāyai²)	मेथिकाभ्याम् (methikābhyām)	मेथिकाभ्यः (methikābhyaḥ)
genitive	मेथिकायाः (methikāyāḥ) मेथिकायै² (methikāyai²)	मेथिकयोः (methikayoḥ)	मेथिकानाम् (methikānām)
locative	मेथिकायाम् (methikāyām)	मेथिकयोः (methikayoḥ)	मेथिकासु (methikāsu)
vocative	मेथिके (methike)	मेथिके (methike)	मेथिकाः (methikāḥ)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas