மதி

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• IPA^(key): /mad̪i/

From Sanskrit मति (mati).

மதி • (mati)

1. understanding, intellect
2. discrimination, judgement, discernment
3. duty of listening to exposition of the Vēdas and acting in accordance with the precepts thereof
4. esteem, value
5. (Hinduism) a wife of Kāšyapa and daughter of Dakṣa
6. Asōka tree

மதி • (mati)

1. to esteem, regard, respect, reverence
2. (transitive) to estimate, value, compute
3. to think, consider
4. to meditate upon
5. to decide; ascertain; be assured of

Cognate with Malayalam മതി (mati). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

மதி • (mati)

1. moon, full moon

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:சந்திரன்

2. month
3. sign of the zodiac
4. Kubēra
5. breath passing through the left nostril
6. Cancer of the zodiac, as the Moon's house;

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

மதி • (mati)

1. liquorice plant

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

மதி • (mati)

1. elephant

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

மதி • (mati)

1. (transitive) to churn

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

மதி • (mati)

1. to be haughty, be furious
2. to bloat

• University of Madras (1924–1936) “மதி”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press