मातामही

See also: मातामह

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

মাতামহী (Assamese script)
ᬫᬵᬢᬵᬫᬳᬷ (Balinese script)
মাতামহী (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰯𑰝𑰯𑰦𑰮𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀸𑀫𑀳𑀻 (Brahmi script)
မာတာမဟီ (Burmese script)
માતામહી (Gujarati script)
ਮਾਤਾਮਹੀ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑌾𑌤𑌾𑌮𑌹𑍀 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦴꦠꦴꦩꦲꦷ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂰𑂞𑂰𑂧𑂯𑂲 (Kaithi script)
ಮಾತಾಮಹೀ (Kannada script)
មាតាមហី (Khmer script)
ມາຕາມຫີ (Lao script)
മാതാമഹീ (Malayalam script)
ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮᠠᡥᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘰𑘝𑘰𑘦𑘮𑘲 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᢗᢐᠠᢗᠮᠠᠾᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑧑𑦽𑧑𑧆𑧎𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐵𑐟𑐵𑐩𑐴𑐷 (Newa script)
ମାତାମହୀ (Odia script)
ꢪꢵꢡꢵꢪꢲꢷ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆳𑆠𑆳𑆩𑆲𑆵 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖯𑖝𑖯𑖦𑖮𑖱 (Siddham script)
මාතාමහී (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩛𑩫𑩛𑩴𑪂𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚭𑚙𑚭𑚢𑚩𑚯 (Takri script)
மாதாமஹீ (Tamil script)
మాతామహీ (Telugu script)
มาตามหี (Thai script)
མཱ་ཏཱ་མ་ཧཱི (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒰𑒞𑒰𑒧𑒯𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨊𑨙𑨊𑨢𑨱𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From मातामह (mātāmaha) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɑː.tɑː.mɐ.ɦiː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɑː.t̪ɑː.mɐ.ɦiː/

Noun

मातामही • (mātāmahī) stem, f

a maternal grandmother

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of मातामही
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मातामही (mātāmahī)	मातामह्यौ (mātāmahyau) मातामही¹ (mātāmahī¹)	मातामह्यः (mātāmahyaḥ) मातामहीः¹ (mātāmahīḥ¹)
accusative	मातामहीम् (mātāmahīm)	मातामह्यौ (mātāmahyau) मातामही¹ (mātāmahī¹)	मातामहीः (mātāmahīḥ)
instrumental	मातामह्या (mātāmahyā)	मातामहीभ्याम् (mātāmahībhyām)	मातामहीभिः (mātāmahībhiḥ)
dative	मातामह्यै (mātāmahyai)	मातामहीभ्याम् (mātāmahībhyām)	मातामहीभ्यः (mātāmahībhyaḥ)
ablative	मातामह्याः (mātāmahyāḥ) मातामह्यै² (mātāmahyai²)	मातामहीभ्याम् (mātāmahībhyām)	मातामहीभ्यः (mātāmahībhyaḥ)
genitive	मातामह्याः (mātāmahyāḥ) मातामह्यै² (mātāmahyai²)	मातामह्योः (mātāmahyoḥ)	मातामहीनाम् (mātāmahīnām)
locative	मातामह्याम् (mātāmahyām)	मातामह्योः (mātāmahyoḥ)	मातामहीषु (mātāmahīṣu)
vocative	मातामहि (mātāmahi)	मातामह्यौ (mātāmahyau) मातामही¹ (mātāmahī¹)	मातामह्यः (mātāmahyaḥ) मातामहीः¹ (mātāmahīḥ¹)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

प्रमातामही (pramātāmahī, “maternal great-grandmother”)

Descendants

→ Tamil: மாதாமகி (mātāmaki)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “मातामही”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 807, column 3.
Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “mātāmahī”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.