मेथि

See also: मेथी and माथा

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• मेठि f (meṭhi)
• मेठी f (meṭhī)
• मेड्ही f (meḍhī)
• मेथी f (methī)
• मेधि f (medhi)
• मेधी f (medhī)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মেথি (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬾᬣᬶ (Balinese script)
• মেথি (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰸𑰞𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑁂𑀣𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• မေထိ (Burmese script)
• મેથિ (Gujarati script)
• ਮੇਥਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍇𑌥𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦺꦡꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂵𑂟𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೇಥಿ (Kannada script)
• មេថិ (Khmer script)
• ເມຖິ (Lao script)
• മേഥി (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡝᡨᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘹𑘞𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠧᠲᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧚𑦾𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐾𑐠𑐶 (Newa script)
• ମେଥି (Odia script)
• ꢪꢾꢢꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆼𑆡𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖸𑖞𑖰 (Siddham script)
• මෙථි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩔𑩬𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚲𑚚𑚮 (Takri script)
• மேதி² (Tamil script)
• మేథి (Telugu script)
• เมถิ (Thai script)
• མེ་ཐི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒹𑒟𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨄𑨚𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compare Old Norse meiðr and Old Armenian մոյթ (moytʻ).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐi̯.tʰí/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /meː.t̪ʰi/

Noun

मे॒थि • (methí) stem, m

1. a pillar, post (especially a pillar in the middle of a threshing-floor to which oxen are bound, but also any central point or centre) (AV. etc.)
2. cattle-shed (AV.)
3. a prop for supporting carriage-shafts (AV. etc.)

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of मे॒थि

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मे॒थिः (methíḥ)	मे॒थी (methī́)	मे॒थयः॑ (metháyaḥ)
accusative	मे॒थिम् (methím)	मे॒थी (methī́)	मे॒थीन् (methī́n)
instrumental	मे॒थिना॑ (methínā)	मे॒थिभ्या॑म् (methíbhyām)	मे॒थिभिः॑ (methíbhiḥ)
dative	मे॒थये॑ (metháye)	मे॒थिभ्या॑म् (methíbhyām)	मे॒थिभ्यः॑ (methíbhyaḥ)
ablative	मे॒थेः (methéḥ)	मे॒थिभ्या॑म् (methíbhyām)	मे॒थिभ्यः॑ (methíbhyaḥ)
genitive	मे॒थेः (methéḥ)	मे॒थ्योः (methyóḥ)	मे॒थी॒नाम् (methīnā́m)
locative	मे॒थौ (metháu) मे॒था¹ (methā́¹)	मे॒थ्योः (methyóḥ)	मे॒थिषु॑ (methíṣu)
vocative	मेथे॑ (méthe)	मेथी॑ (méthī)	मेथ॑यः (méthayaḥ)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “मेथि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 832, column 2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 376