तिमि

See also: तिमी and तुम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit तिमि (timi)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɪ.miː/

Noun

तिमि • (timi) m

1. whale
2. kind of whale or fabulous fish of an enormous size

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t̪imi]
• Phonetic Devanagari: तिमि

Pronoun

तिमि • (timi)

1. Pronunciation variant of तिमी (timī).

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• তিমি (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬶᬫᬶ (Balinese script)
• তিমি (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰰𑰦𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀺𑀫𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• တိမိ (Burmese script)
• તિમિ (Gujarati script)
• ਤਿਮਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌿𑌮𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦶꦩꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂱𑂧𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ತಿಮಿ (Kannada script)
• តិមិ (Khmer script)
• ຕິມິ (Lao script)
• തിമി (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᡳᠮᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘱𑘦𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠢᠮᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧒𑧆𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐶𑐩𑐶 (Newa script)
• ତିମି (Odia script)
• ꢡꢶꢪꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆴𑆩𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖰𑖦𑖰 (Siddham script)
• තිමි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩑𑩴𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚮𑚢𑚮 (Takri script)
• திமி (Tamil script)
• తిమి (Telugu script)
• ติมิ (Thai script)
• ཏི་མི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒱𑒧𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨁𑨢𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ti.mi/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪i.mi/

Noun

तिमि • (timi) stem, m

1. large sea fish; whale; fish

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of तिमि (timi)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	तिमिः timiḥ	तिमी timī	तिमयः timayaḥ
Vocative	तिमे time	तिमी timī	तिमयः timayaḥ
Accusative	तिमिम् timim	तिमी timī	तिमीन् timīn
Instrumental	तिमिना / तिम्या¹ timinā / timyā¹	तिमिभ्याम् timibhyām	तिमिभिः timibhiḥ
Dative	तिमये timaye	तिमिभ्याम् timibhyām	तिमिभ्यः timibhyaḥ
Ablative	तिमेः / तिम्यः¹ timeḥ / timyaḥ¹	तिमिभ्याम् timibhyām	तिमिभ्यः timibhyaḥ
Genitive	तिमेः / तिम्यः¹ timeḥ / timyaḥ¹	तिम्योः timyoḥ	तिमीनाम् timīnām
Locative	तिमौ / तिमा¹ timau / timā¹	तिम्योः timyoḥ	तिमिषु timiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• तिमिघातिन् (timighātin, “fisherman”)

Descendants

• → Bengali: তিমি (timi)
• → Gujarati: તિમિ (timi)
• → Hindi: तिमि (timi)
• → Malayalam: തിമി (timi)
• → Tamil: திமி (timi)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “तिमि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 447, column 1.
• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “तिमि”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]