अधि

See also: अधि-

Pali

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• 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 forms

• अधि- (adhi-) — prefix

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 Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.d̪ʱi/

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí?

Sanskrit अधि (adhi)

Uncertain, possibly inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *(H)ádʰi, derived (by conflation with Proto-Indo-European *éti (“over, across”), whence *(H)áti) from Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí (“under, below”). Compare Tocharian B ette (“lower, down”).

Preposition

अधि • (ádhi)

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-)
• → Tamil: அதி- (ati-)

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अधिः (adhiḥ)	अधी (adhī)	अधयः (adhayaḥ)
accusative	अधिम् (adhim)	अधी (adhī)	अधीन् (adhīn)
instrumental	अधिना (adhinā)	अधिभ्याम् (adhibhyām)	अधिभिः (adhibhiḥ)
dative	अधये (adhaye)	अधिभ्याम् (adhibhyām)	अधिभ्यः (adhibhyaḥ)
ablative	अधेः (adheḥ)	अधिभ्याम् (adhibhyām)	अधिभ्यः (adhibhyaḥ)
genitive	अधेः (adheḥ)	अध्योः (adhyoḥ)	अधीनाम् (adhīnām)
locative	अधौ (adhau)	अध्योः (adhyoḥ)	अधिषु (adhiṣu)
vocative	अधे (adhe)	अधी (adhī)	अधयः (adhayaḥ)

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अधिः (adhiḥ)	अधी (adhī)	अधयः (adhayaḥ)
accusative	अधिम् (adhim)	अधी (adhī)	अधीः (adhīḥ)
instrumental	अध्या (adhyā)	अधिभ्याम् (adhibhyām)	अधिभिः (adhibhiḥ)
dative	अधये (adhaye) अध्यै¹ (adhyai¹)	अधिभ्याम् (adhibhyām)	अधिभ्यः (adhibhyaḥ)
ablative	अधेः (adheḥ) अध्याः¹ (adhyāḥ¹)	अधिभ्याम् (adhibhyām)	अधिभ्यः (adhibhyaḥ)
genitive	अधेः (adheḥ) अध्याः¹ (adhyāḥ¹)	अध्योः (adhyoḥ)	अधीनाम् (adhīnām)
locative	अधौ (adhau) अध्याम्¹ (adhyām¹)	अध्योः (adhyoḥ)	अधिषु (adhiṣu)
vocative	अधे (adhe)	अधी (adhī)	अधयः (adhayaḥ)

• ¹Later Sanskrit

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