मेथिका

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মেথিকা (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬾᬣᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
• মেথিকা (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰸𑰞𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑁂𑀣𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• မေထိကာ (Burmese script)
• મેથિકા (Gujarati script)
• ਮੇਥਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍇𑌥𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦺꦡꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂵𑂟𑂱𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೇಥಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
• មេថិកា (Khmer script)
• ເມຖິກາ (Lao script)
• മേഥികാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡝᡨᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘹𑘞𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠧᠲᠢᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧚𑦾𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐾𑐠𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
• ମେଥିକା (Odia script)
• ꢪꢾꢢꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆼𑆡𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖸𑖞𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
• මෙථිකා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩔𑩬𑩑𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚲𑚚𑚮𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
• மேதி²கா (Tamil script)
• మేథికా (Telugu script)
• เมถิกา (Thai script)
• མེ་ཐི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒹𑒟𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨄𑨚𑨁𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *mentti (compare Sanskrit मेथी (methī), Tamil வெந்தயம் (ventayam), Telugu మెంతులు (mentulu), Kannada ಮೆಂತೆ (mente)).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐj.tʰi.kɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.t̪ʰi.kɑː/

Noun

मेथिका • (methikā) stem, f

1. fenugreek, methi

   Synonym: मेथी (methī)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of मेथिका (methikā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मेथिका methikā	मेथिके methike	मेथिकाः methikāḥ
Vocative	मेथिके methike	मेथिके methike	मेथिकाः methikāḥ
Accusative	मेथिकाम् methikām	मेथिके methike	मेथिकाः methikāḥ
Instrumental	मेथिकया / मेथिका¹ methikayā / methikā¹	मेथिकाभ्याम् methikābhyām	मेथिकाभिः methikābhiḥ
Dative	मेथिकायै methikāyai	मेथिकाभ्याम् methikābhyām	मेथिकाभ्यः methikābhyaḥ
Ablative	मेथिकायाः / मेथिकायै² methikāyāḥ / methikāyai²	मेथिकाभ्याम् methikābhyām	मेथिकाभ्यः methikābhyaḥ
Genitive	मेथिकायाः / मेथिकायै² methikāyāḥ / methikāyai²	मेथिकयोः methikayoḥ	मेथिकानाम् methikānām
Locative	मेथिकायाम् methikāyām	मेथिकयोः methikayoḥ	मेथिकासु methikāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas