मेय

Konkani

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese meia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mej]

Noun

मेय • (mey) (Latin script mei, Kannada script ಮೆಯ್)

1. a sock

   Synonym: मोजे (moje)

References

• Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017), IndoWordNet‎^[1]
• Madhavi Sardesai (2006), A Comparative Linguistic and Cultural Study of Lexical Influences on Konkani‎^[2], Goa University (doctoral thesis)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• মেয় (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬾᬬ (Balinese script)
• মেয় (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰸𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑁂𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• မေယ (Burmese script)
• મેય (Gujarati script)
• ਮੇਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍇𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦺꦪ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂵𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೇಯ (Kannada script)
• មេយ (Khmer script)
• ເມຍ (Lao script)
• മേയ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡝᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘹𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠧᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧚𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐾𑐫 (Newa script)
• ମେଯ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢾꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆼𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖸𑖧 (Siddham script)
• මෙය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩔𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚲𑚣 (Takri script)
• மேய (Tamil script)
• మేయ (Telugu script)
• เมย (Thai script)
• མེ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒹𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨄𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *móh₁-yo-s (“measurable”), from *meh₁- (“to measure”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ́j.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /meː.jɐ/

Adjective

मेय॑ • (méya) stem

1. measurable, discernable, to be measured
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 6.137.2:

     अभीशुना मेया आसन् व्यामेनानुमेयाः ।
     केशा नडा इव वर्धन्तां शीर्ष्णस्ते असिताः परि ॥

     abhī́śunā méyā āsan vyāménānuméyāḥ.
     kéśā naḍā́ iva vardhantāṃ śīrṣṇáste asitā́ḥ pári.

     They might be measured with a rein or measurable with both extended arms.
     Let the black locks spring thick and strong and grow like reeds upon thy head.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मेय॑

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मेयः॑ (méyaḥ)	मेयौ॑ (méyau) मेया॑¹ (méyā¹)	मेयाः॑ (méyāḥ) मेया॑सः¹ (méyāsaḥ¹)
accusative	मेय॑म् (méyam)	मेयौ॑ (méyau) मेया॑¹ (méyā¹)	मेया॑न् (méyān)
instrumental	मेये॑न (méyena)	मेया॑भ्याम् (méyābhyām)	मेयैः॑ (méyaiḥ) मेये॑भिः¹ (méyebhiḥ¹)
dative	मेया॑य (méyāya)	मेया॑भ्याम् (méyābhyām)	मेये॑भ्यः (méyebhyaḥ)
ablative	मेया॑त् (méyāt)	मेया॑भ्याम् (méyābhyām)	मेये॑भ्यः (méyebhyaḥ)
genitive	मेय॑स्य (méyasya)	मेय॑योः (méyayoḥ)	मेया॑नाम् (méyānām)
locative	मेये॑ (méye)	मेय॑योः (méyayoḥ)	मेये॑षु (méyeṣu)
vocative	मेय॑ (méya)	मेयौ॑ (méyau) मेया॑¹ (méyā¹)	मेयाः॑ (méyāḥ) मेया॑सः¹ (méyāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of मेया॑

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मेया॑ (méyā)	मेये॑ (méye)	मेयाः॑ (méyāḥ)
accusative	मेया॑म् (méyām)	मेये॑ (méye)	मेयाः॑ (méyāḥ)
instrumental	मेय॑या (méyayā) मेया॑¹ (méyā¹)	मेया॑भ्याम् (méyābhyām)	मेया॑भिः (méyābhiḥ)
dative	मेया॑यै (méyāyai)	मेया॑भ्याम् (méyābhyām)	मेया॑भ्यः (méyābhyaḥ)
ablative	मेया॑याः (méyāyāḥ) मेया॑यै² (méyāyai²)	मेया॑भ्याम् (méyābhyām)	मेया॑भ्यः (méyābhyaḥ)
genitive	मेया॑याः (méyāyāḥ) मेया॑यै² (méyāyai²)	मेय॑योः (méyayoḥ)	मेया॑नाम् (méyānām)
locative	मेया॑याम् (méyāyām)	मेय॑योः (méyayoḥ)	मेया॑सु (méyāsu)
vocative	मेये॑ (méye)	मेये॑ (méye)	मेयाः॑ (méyāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of मेय॑

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मेय॑म् (méyam)	मेये॑ (méye)	मेया॑नि (méyāni) मेया॑¹ (méyā¹)
accusative	मेय॑म् (méyam)	मेये॑ (méye)	मेया॑नि (méyāni) मेया॑¹ (méyā¹)
instrumental	मेये॑न (méyena)	मेया॑भ्याम् (méyābhyām)	मेयैः॑ (méyaiḥ) मेये॑भिः¹ (méyebhiḥ¹)
dative	मेया॑य (méyāya)	मेया॑भ्याम् (méyābhyām)	मेये॑भ्यः (méyebhyaḥ)
ablative	मेया॑त् (méyāt)	मेया॑भ्याम् (méyābhyām)	मेये॑भ्यः (méyebhyaḥ)
genitive	मेय॑स्य (méyasya)	मेय॑योः (méyayoḥ)	मेया॑नाम् (méyānām)
locative	मेये॑ (méye)	मेय॑योः (méyayoḥ)	मेये॑षु (méyeṣu)
vocative	मेय॑ (méya)	मेये॑ (méye)	मेया॑नि (méyāni) मेया॑¹ (méyā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑁂𑀅 (mea), 𑀫𑁂𑀚𑁆𑀚 (mejja)
  • Marathi: मेज (mej)
    • ⇒ Marathi: मेजणे (mejṇe)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “मेय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 833.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mḗya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press