मी

Ahirani

Alternative forms

• मि (mi)

Pronoun

मी (mī)

1. I

Further reading

• डॉ॰ रमेश सीताराम सूर्यवंशी [Dr Ramesh Sitaram Suryawanshi] (1997), “मि / मी”, in आहिराणी शब्दकोश (आहिराणी - मराठी) [Ahirani Dictionary (Ahirani - Marathi)]‎^[1] (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: अक्षय प्रकाशन [Akshaya Prakashan], →ISBN, page 255, column 1; republished कन्नड तालुका, औरंगाबाद जिल्हा [Kannad Taluka, Aurangabad District]: अभ्यासिका प्रकाशन [Abhyasika Prakashan], 2013.

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘲 (mī).

Pronoun

मी • (mī)

1. I

   मी तिथे जाणारं नाही.

   mī tithe jāṇāra nāhī.

   I won't go there.

Declension of मी (mī)

	singular		plural
nominative	मी (mī)	𑘦𑘲	आम्ही (āmhī)	𑘁𑘦𑘿𑘮𑘲
vocative	मी (mī)	𑘦𑘲	आम्ही (āmhī)	𑘁𑘦𑘿𑘮𑘲
accusative	मला (malā)	𑘦𑘩𑘰	आम्हाला (āmhālā)	𑘁𑘦𑘿𑘮𑘰𑘩𑘰
Dative	माझ्यासि (māzyāsi), मज (maja)	𑘦𑘰𑘖𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘭𑘲, 𑘦𑘕	आम्हांसि (aṁhānvsi)	𑘁𑘦𑘿𑘮𑘰𑘽𑘭𑘲
benefactive	माझ्यासाठी (mājhyāsāṭhī)	𑘦𑘰𑘖𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘭𑘰𑘙𑘲	आमच्यासाठी (āmachyāsāṭhī)	𑘁𑘦𑘓𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘭𑘰𑘙𑘲
genitive	माझा,माझी,माझे,माझ्या (māzā,mājhī,majhē,majhyā)	𑘦𑘰𑘖𑘰,𑘦𑘰𑘖𑘲,𑘦𑘰𑘖𑘹,𑘦𑘰𑘖𑘿𑘧𑘰	आमचा,आमची,आमचे,आमच्या‌ (āmachā, āmachī,āmachē,āmachyā)	𑘁𑘦𑘓𑘰,𑘁𑘦𑘓𑘲,𑘁𑘦𑘓𑘹,𑘁𑘦𑘓𑘿𑘧𑘰
locative	माझ्यात (māzhyāta)	𑘦𑘰𑘖𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘝	आमच्यात (āmachyāta)	𑘁𑘦𑘓𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘝
sociative	माझ्याशी (mājhyāshī)	𑘦𑘰𑘖𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘫𑘲	आमच्याशी (āmachyāshī)	𑘁𑘦𑘓𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘫𑘲
instrumental	माझ्याने (mājhyānē)	𑘦𑘰𑘖𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘡𑘹	आमच्याने (āmachyānē)	𑘁𑘦𑘓𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘡𑘹
ablative	माझ्याकडूनि (mājhyākaḍuni)	𑘦𑘰𑘖𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘎𑘚𑘳𑘡𑘲	आमच्याकडुनि (āmachyākaḍuni)	𑘁𑘦𑘓𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘎𑘚𑘳𑘡𑘲

See also

• मला
• माझे, माझा, माझी
• आम्ही
• आपण

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মী (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬷ (Balinese script)
• মী (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• မီ (Burmese script)
• મી (Gujarati script)
• ਮੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೀ (Kannada script)
• មី (Khmer script)
• ມີ (Lao script)
• മീ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐷 (Newa script)
• ମୀ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖱 (Siddham script)
• මී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚯 (Takri script)
• மீ (Tamil script)
• మీ (Telugu script)
• มี (Thai script)
• མཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to lessen, small, little”). Cognate with Russian меньше (menʹše, “less”); Latin minuō whence English minute, diminish, etc.; Latin minus, minor, minimum.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /miː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /miː/

Root

मी • (mī)

1. to lessen, diminish
2. to destroy

Derived terms

Category Sanskrit terms belonging to the root मी not found

Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root मी not found

Primary Verbal Forms

• मिनाति (minā́ti) (Present)
• मीनाति (mīnā́ti) (Present)
• मिनोति (minóti) (Present)
• मीयते (mī́yate) (Present)
• मास्यति (māsyáti) (Future)
• मेष्यते (meṣyáte) (Future)
• माता (mātā́) (Periphrastic Future)
• अमेष्ट (ámeṣṭa) (Aorist)
• अमास्त (ámāsta) (Aorist)
• अमासीत् (ámāsīt) (Aorist)
• मीयात् (mīyā́t) (Benedictive)
• मिमाय (mimā́ya) (Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• मीयते (mīyáte) (Passive)
• अमायि (ámāyi) (Passive Aorist)
• मापयति (māpáyati) (Causative)
• अमीमपत् (ámīmapat) (Causative Aorist)
• मिमीषति (mimīṣati) (Desiderative)
• मित्सति (mitsati) (Desiderative)
• मेमयीति (memayīti) (Intensive)
• मेमीयते (memīyate) (Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• मीत (mītá) (Past Participle)
• मेतोस् (métos) (Infinitive)
• मीत्वा (mītvā́) (Gerund)

Prefixed Root Forms

• आमी (āmī)
• प्रमी (pramī)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “मी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 818, column 2.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “मी”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 121

• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “मी”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “MAY^I”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 316-7
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “mayⁱ”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 306
• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 319
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 427
• Pokorny, Julius (1959), “711”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 711

Sherpa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi/

Noun

मी (mī) (Tibetan Spelling མི)

1. human