मेन्धी

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /meːn.d̪ʱiː/, [mẽːn̪.d̪ʱiː]

Noun

मेन्धी • (mendhī) f

1. Alternative spelling of मेंधी (mendhī)

Declension

Declension of मेन्धी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मेन्धी mendhī	मेन्धियाँ mendhiyā̃
oblique	मेन्धी mendhī	मेन्धियों mendhiyõ
vocative	मेन्धी mendhī	मेन्धियो mendhiyo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মেন্ধী (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬾᬦ᭄ᬥᬷ (Balinese script)
• মেন্ধী (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰸𑰡𑰿𑰠𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑁂𑀦𑁆𑀥𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• မေန္ဓီ (Burmese script)
• મેન્ધી (Gujarati script)
• ਮੇਨ੍ਧੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍇𑌨𑍍𑌧𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦺꦤ꧀ꦣꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂵𑂢𑂹𑂡𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೇನ್ಧೀ (Kannada script)
• មេន្ធី (Khmer script)
• ເມນ຺ຘີ (Lao script)
• മേന്ധീ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡝᠨᢡᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘹𑘡𑘿𑘠𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠧᠨᢑᠾᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧚𑧁𑧠𑧀𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐾𑐣𑑂𑐢𑐷 (Newa script)
• ମେନ୍ଧୀ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢾꢥ꣄ꢤꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆼𑆤𑇀𑆣𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖸𑖡𑖿𑖠𑖱 (Siddham script)
• මෙන්‍ධී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩔𑩯 𑪙𑩮𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚲𑚝𑚶𑚜𑚯 (Takri script)
• மேந்தீ⁴ (Tamil script)
• మేన్ధీ (Telugu script)
• เมนฺธี (Thai script)
• མེ་ནྡྷཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒹𑒢𑓂𑒡𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨄𑨝𑩇𑨜𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐjn.dʱiː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmeːn̪.d̪ʱiː/

Noun

मेन्धी • (mendhī) stem, f

1. Synonym of मेन्धिका (mendhikā, “henna”)

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of मेन्धी (mendhī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मेन्धी mendhī	मेन्ध्यौ / मेन्धी¹ mendhyau / mendhī¹	मेन्ध्यः / मेन्धीः¹ mendhyaḥ / mendhīḥ¹
Vocative	मेन्धि mendhi	मेन्ध्यौ / मेन्धी¹ mendhyau / mendhī¹	मेन्ध्यः / मेन्धीः¹ mendhyaḥ / mendhīḥ¹
Accusative	मेन्धीम् mendhīm	मेन्ध्यौ / मेन्धी¹ mendhyau / mendhī¹	मेन्धीः mendhīḥ
Instrumental	मेन्ध्या mendhyā	मेन्धीभ्याम् mendhībhyām	मेन्धीभिः mendhībhiḥ
Dative	मेन्ध्यै mendhyai	मेन्धीभ्याम् mendhībhyām	मेन्धीभ्यः mendhībhyaḥ
Ablative	मेन्ध्याः / मेन्ध्यै² mendhyāḥ / mendhyai²	मेन्धीभ्याम् mendhībhyām	मेन्धीभ्यः mendhībhyaḥ
Genitive	मेन्ध्याः / मेन्ध्यै² mendhyāḥ / mendhyai²	मेन्ध्योः mendhyoḥ	मेन्धीनाम् mendhīnām
Locative	मेन्ध्याम् mendhyām	मेन्ध्योः mendhyoḥ	मेन्धीषु mendhīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “मेन्धी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 833, column 2.