अधि

Pali

Alternative scripts

Alternative forms

• adhi (Latin script)
• 𑀅𑀥𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• অধি (Bengali script)
• අධි (Sinhalese script)
• အဓိ or ဢꩪိ (Burmese script)
• อธิ or อะธิ (Thai script)
• ᩋᨵᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຘິ or ອະຘິ (Lao script)
• អធិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄙𑄨 (Chakma script)

Preposition

अधि

1. Devanagari script form of adhi (“up to, over”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অধি (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬥᬶ (Balinese script)
• অধি (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰠𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀥𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• အဓိ (Burmese script)
• અધિ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਧਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌧𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦣꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂡𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಧಿ (Kannada script)
• អធិ (Khmer script)
• ອຘິ (Lao script)
• അധി (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᢡᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘠𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢑᠾᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧀𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐢𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଅଧି (Odia script)
• ꢂꢤꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆣𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖠𑖰 (Siddham script)
• අධි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩮𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚜𑚮 (Takri script)
• அதி⁴ (Tamil script)
• అధి (Telugu script)
• อธิ (Thai script)
• ཨ་དྷི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒡𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨜𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dʱi/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.d̪ʱi/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ádʰi, derived (by conflation with Proto-Indo-European *éti (“over, across”)) from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dʰí (“under, below”). Compare Old Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬛𐬍 (aidī), Tocharian B ette (“lower, down”).

Preposition

अधि • (adhi)

1. over; above
2. besides
3. from
4. after
5. for
6. instead of
7. on; at
8. (with accusative) about, concerning
9. from above
10. compared to, in comparison with

Derived terms

• अधि- (adhi-)
• अधिक (adhika)
• अधिगच्छति (adhigacchati)
• अधिगम् (adhigam)
• अधिपति (adhipati)

Descendants

• Pali: adhi
• → Hindi: अधि- (adhi-)

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• आधि (ādhi)

Noun

अधि • (adhi) stem, m

1. anxiety

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of अधि (adhi)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अधिः adhiḥ	अधी adhī	अधयः adhayaḥ
Vocative	अधे adhe	अधी adhī	अधयः adhayaḥ
Accusative	अधिम् adhim	अधी adhī	अधीन् adhīn
Instrumental	अधिना / अध्या¹ adhinā / adhyā¹	अधिभ्याम् adhibhyām	अधिभिः adhibhiḥ
Dative	अधये adhaye	अधिभ्याम् adhibhyām	अधिभ्यः adhibhyaḥ
Ablative	अधेः / अध्यः¹ adheḥ / adhyaḥ¹	अधिभ्याम् adhibhyām	अधिभ्यः adhibhyaḥ
Genitive	अधेः / अध्यः¹ adheḥ / adhyaḥ¹	अध्योः adhyoḥ	अधीनाम् adhīnām
Locative	अधौ / अधा¹ adhau / adhā¹	अध्योः adhyoḥ	अधिषु adhiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Etymology 3

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

Noun

अधि • (adhi) stem, f

1. a woman in her courses

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of अधि (adhi)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अधिः adhiḥ	अधी adhī	अधयः adhayaḥ
Vocative	अधे adhe	अधी adhī	अधयः adhayaḥ
Accusative	अधिम् adhim	अधी adhī	अधीः adhīḥ
Instrumental	अध्या / अधी¹ adhyā / adhī¹	अधिभ्याम् adhibhyām	अधिभिः adhibhiḥ
Dative	अधये / अध्यै² / अधी¹ adhaye / adhyai² / adhī¹	अधिभ्याम् adhibhyām	अधिभ्यः adhibhyaḥ
Ablative	अधेः / अध्याः² / अध्यै³ adheḥ / adhyāḥ² / adhyai³	अधिभ्याम् adhibhyām	अधिभ्यः adhibhyaḥ
Genitive	अधेः / अध्याः² / अध्यै³ adheḥ / adhyāḥ² / adhyai³	अध्योः adhyoḥ	अधीनाम् adhīnām
Locative	अधौ / अध्याम्² / अधा¹ adhau / adhyām² / adhā¹	अध्योः adhyoḥ	अधिषु adhiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अधि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 20, column 2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 67