मटची

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• मटती (maṭatī)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মটচী (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬝᬘᬷ (Balinese script)
• মটচী (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰘𑰓𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀝𑀘𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• မဋစီ (Burmese script)
• મટચી (Gujarati script)
• ਮਟਚੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌟𑌚𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦛꦕꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂗𑂒𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಟಚೀ (Kannada script)
• មដចី (Khmer script)
• ມຏຈີ (Lao script)
• മടചീ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᢞᠠᢜᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘘𑘓𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᢌᠠᢋᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑦸𑦳𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐚𑐔𑐷 (Newa script)
• ମଟଚୀ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢜꢗꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆛𑆖𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖘𑖓𑖱 (Siddham script)
• මටචී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩦𑩡𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚔𑚏𑚯 (Takri script)
• மடசீ (Tamil script)
• మటచీ (Telugu script)
• มฏจี (Thai script)
• མ་ཊ་ཙཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒙𑒔𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨔𑨣𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

A term of uncertain interpretation, an almost-hapax legomenon only attested twice in the Sanskrit corpus; once in the Chāndogya Upaniṣad, and once in the Bhāradvājagṛhyasūtra. If the original meaning is "locust", then it is likely a Wanderwort shared with Dravidian and Iranian languages; compare Kannada ಮಿಡಿಚೆ (miḍice) / ಮಿಡಿತೆ (miḍite, “locust”), as well as Persian ملخ (malax, “grasshopper”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ʈɐ.t͡ɕiː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ.ʈɐ.t͡ɕiː/

Noun

मटची • (maṭacī) stem, f

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Probably locust or hail/hailstone.

   Synonyms: ह्रादुनि (hrāduni), धाराङ्कुर (dhārāṅkura), जलशर्करा (jalaśarkarā), वर्षोपल (varṣopala)

   • c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Chāndogya Upaniṣad 1.10.1:

     मटचीहतेषु कुरुष्वाटिक्या सह जाययोषस्तिर्ह चाक्रायण इभ्यग्रामे प्रद्राणक उवास ॥

     maṭacīhateṣu kuruṣvāṭikyā saha jāyayoṣastirha cākrāyaṇa ibhyagrāme pradrāṇaka uvāsa.

     The land of the Kurus was (struck by hail / besieged by locusts), and a young man living there named Uṣasti, the son of Cakra, was in great distress. He left home along with his wife, Āṭikī, and moved to a prosperous village.

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of मटची (maṭacī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मटची maṭacī	मटच्यौ / मटची¹ maṭacyau / maṭacī¹	मटच्यः / मटचीः¹ maṭacyaḥ / maṭacīḥ¹
Vocative	मटचि maṭaci	मटच्यौ / मटची¹ maṭacyau / maṭacī¹	मटच्यः / मटचीः¹ maṭacyaḥ / maṭacīḥ¹
Accusative	मटचीम् maṭacīm	मटच्यौ / मटची¹ maṭacyau / maṭacī¹	मटचीः maṭacīḥ
Instrumental	मटच्या maṭacyā	मटचीभ्याम् maṭacībhyām	मटचीभिः maṭacībhiḥ
Dative	मटच्यै maṭacyai	मटचीभ्याम् maṭacībhyām	मटचीभ्यः maṭacībhyaḥ
Ablative	मटच्याः / मटच्यै² maṭacyāḥ / maṭacyai²	मटचीभ्याम् maṭacībhyām	मटचीभ्यः maṭacībhyaḥ
Genitive	मटच्याः / मटच्यै² maṭacyāḥ / maṭacyai²	मटच्योः maṭacyoḥ	मटचीनाम् maṭacīnām
Locative	मटच्याम् maṭacyām	मटच्योः maṭacyoḥ	मटचीषु maṭacīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मटची”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 774/2.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “maṭacī”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “मटची,_मटती”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1221
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “मटची”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 213
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 293
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 553-4