मह्यम्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মহ্যম্ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬳ᭄ᬬᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
• মহ্যম্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰮𑰿𑰧𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀳𑁆𑀬𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• မဟျမ် (Burmese script)
• મહ્યમ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਹ੍ਯਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌹𑍍𑌯𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦲꦾꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂯𑂹𑂨𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಹ್ಯಮ್ (Kannada script)
• មហ្យម៑ (Khmer script)
• ມຫ຺ຍມ຺ (Lao script)
• മഹ്യമ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᡥᠶᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘮𑘿𑘧𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠾᠶ᠋ᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧎𑧠𑧇𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐴𑑂𑐫𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
• ମହ୍ଯମ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢲ꣄ꢫꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆲𑇀𑆪𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖮𑖿𑖧𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
• මහ්‍යම් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑪂 𑪙𑩻𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚩𑚶𑚣𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
• மஹ்யம் (Tamil script)
• మహ్యమ్ (Telugu script)
• มหฺยมฺ (Thai script)
• མ་ཧྱ་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒯𑓂𑒨𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨱𑩇𑨪𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From earlier *मह्य (*máhya), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máȷ́ʰya, ultimately from the oblique stem of Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ́ɦ.jɐm/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐɦ.jɐm/

Pronoun

मह्यम् • (máhyam)

1. dative singular of मद् (mad)

Descendants

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀁 (majjhaṃ), 𑀫𑀳𑀁 (mahaṃ)
  • Old Marathi: maja, mājhe

    Devanagari script: मज, माझे

    Modi script: 𑘦𑘕, 𑘦𑘰𑘖𑘹

    • Marathi: माझे (mājhe)
  • Sauraseni Apabhramsa: मज्झु (majjhu)
    • Hindustani: mujh

      Hindi: मुझ

      Urdu: مُجھ

  • Sindhi:

    Devanagari script: मुहिंॼो m sg (muhinjjo, “my, mine”)

• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛 (majjha)
  • Sauraseni Apabhramsa: मज्झु (majjhu)
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: मुझ (mujh)

      Urdu: مُجھ (mujh)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “म”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 771, column 1.