मेथी
Hindi
Etymology
From Sanskrit मेथी (methī) or मेथिका (methikā), ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *mentti (“fenugreek”). Cognate with Marathi मेथी (methī).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /meː.t̪ʰiː/
Noun
मेथी • (methī) f (Urdu spelling میتھی)
- fenugreek (spice)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | मेथी methī |
मेथियाँ methiyā̃ |
| oblique | मेथी methī |
मेथियों methiyõ |
| vocative | मेथी methī |
मेथियो methiyo |
Descendants
- → English: methi
Marathi
Etymology
From Sanskrit मेथी (methī) or मेथिका (methikā), ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *mentti (“fenugreek”). Cognate with Hindi मेथी (methī).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /me.t̪ʰi/, [me.t̪ʰiː]
Noun
मेथी • (methī) f
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মেথী (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬾᬣᬷ (Balinese script)
- মেথী (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰸𑰞𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑁂𑀣𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- မေထီ (Burmese script)
- મેથી (Gujarati script)
- ਮੇਥੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍇𑌥𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦺꦡꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂵𑂟𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೇಥೀ (Kannada script)
- មេថី (Khmer script)
- ເມຖີ (Lao script)
- മേഥീ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡝᡨᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘹𑘞𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠧᠲᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧚𑦾𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐾𑐠𑐷 (Newa script)
- ମେଥୀ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢾꢢꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆼𑆡𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖸𑖞𑖱 (Siddham script)
- මෙථී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩔𑩬𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚲𑚚𑚯 (Takri script)
- மேதீ² (Tamil script)
- మేథీ (Telugu script)
- เมถี (Thai script)
- མེ་ཐཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒹𑒟𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨄𑨚𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *mentti (compare मेथिका (methikā)).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐj.tʰiː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /meː.t̪ʰiː/
Noun
मेथी • (methī) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मेथी (methī) | मेथ्यौ (methyau) मेथी¹ (methī¹) |
मेथ्यः (methyaḥ) मेथीः¹ (methīḥ¹) |
| accusative | मेथीम् (methīm) | मेथ्यौ (methyau) मेथी¹ (methī¹) |
मेथीः (methīḥ) |
| instrumental | मेथ्या (methyā) | मेथीभ्याम् (methībhyām) | मेथीभिः (methībhiḥ) |
| dative | मेथ्यै (methyai) | मेथीभ्याम् (methībhyām) | मेथीभ्यः (methībhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मेथ्याः (methyāḥ) मेथ्यै² (methyai²) |
मेथीभ्याम् (methībhyām) | मेथीभ्यः (methībhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मेथ्याः (methyāḥ) मेथ्यै² (methyai²) |
मेथ्योः (methyoḥ) | मेथीनाम् (methīnām) |
| locative | मेथ्याम् (methyām) | मेथ्योः (methyoḥ) | मेथीषु (methīṣu) |
| vocative | मेथि (methi) | मेथ्यौ (methyau) मेथी¹ (methī¹) |
मेथ्यः (methyaḥ) मेथीः¹ (methīḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
- Hindi: मेथी (methī)
- → English: methi
- Marathi: मेथी (methī)
- → Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਮੇਥੀ (methī)
- Shahmukhi script: میتھی (methī)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मेथी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 832/3.
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 415