मेय
Konkani
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese meia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mej]
Noun
मेय • (mey) (Latin script mei, Kannada script ಮೆಯ್)
- a sock
- Synonym: मोजे (moje)
References
- 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
Alternative forms
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
From Proto-Indo-European *móh₁-yo-s (“measurable”), from *meh₁- (“to measure”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐ́j.jɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /meː.jɐ/
Adjective
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
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मेयः (méyaḥ) | मेयौ (méyau) मेया¹ (méyā¹) |
मेयाः (méyāḥ) मेयासः¹ (méyāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | मेयम् (méyam) | मेयौ (méyau) मेया¹ (méyā¹) |
मेयान् (méyān) |
| instrumental | मेयेन (méyena) | मेयाभ्याम् (méyābhyām) | मेयैः (méyaiḥ) मेयेभिः¹ (méyebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | मेयाय (méyāya) | मेयाभ्याम् (méyābhyām) | मेयेभ्यः (méyebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मेयात् (méyāt) | मेयाभ्याम् (méyābhyām) | मेयेभ्यः (méyebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मेयस्य (méyasya) | मेययोः (méyayoḥ) | मेयानाम् (méyānām) |
| locative | मेये (méye) | मेययोः (méyayoḥ) | मेयेषु (méyeṣu) |
| vocative | मेय (méya) | मेयौ (méyau) मेया¹ (méyā¹) |
मेयाः (méyāḥ) मेयासः¹ (méyāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मेया (méyā) | मेये (méye) | मेयाः (méyāḥ) |
| accusative | मेयाम् (méyām) | मेये (méye) | मेयाः (méyāḥ) |
| instrumental | मेयया (méyayā) मेया¹ (méyā¹) |
मेयाभ्याम् (méyābhyām) | मेयाभिः (méyābhiḥ) |
| dative | मेयायै (méyāyai) | मेयाभ्याम् (méyābhyām) | मेयाभ्यः (méyābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मेयायाः (méyāyāḥ) मेयायै² (méyāyai²) |
मेयाभ्याम् (méyābhyām) | मेयाभ्यः (méyābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मेयायाः (méyāyāḥ) मेयायै² (méyāyai²) |
मेययोः (méyayoḥ) | मेयानाम् (méyānām) |
| locative | मेयायाम् (méyāyām) | मेययोः (méyayoḥ) | मेयासु (méyāsu) |
| vocative | मेये (méye) | मेये (méye) | मेयाः (méyāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मेयम् (méyam) | मेये (méye) | मेयानि (méyāni) मेया¹ (méyā¹) |
| accusative | मेयम् (méyam) | मेये (méye) | मेयानि (méyāni) मेया¹ (méyā¹) |
| instrumental | मेयेन (méyena) | मेयाभ्याम् (méyābhyām) | मेयैः (méyaiḥ) मेयेभिः¹ (méyebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | मेयाय (méyāya) | मेयाभ्याम् (méyābhyām) | मेयेभ्यः (méyebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मेयात् (méyāt) | मेयाभ्याम् (méyābhyām) | मेयेभ्यः (méyebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मेयस्य (méyasya) | मेययोः (méyayoḥ) | मेयानाम् (méyānām) |
| locative | मेये (méye) | मेययोः (méyayoḥ) | मेयेषु (méyeṣu) |
| vocative | मेय (méya) | मेये (méye) | मेयानि (méyāni) मेया¹ (méyā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
Further reading
- 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