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Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *meth₂-, *menth₂- (to stir, mix up). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *sъ·metana (smetana).

Pronunciation edit

Root edit

मथ् (math)

  1. to stir, whirl around
  2. to rotate
  3. to churn
  4. to mix, mingle
  5. to agitate, trouble

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References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “मथ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0777.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “मथ्”, 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 0117
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “मथ्”, 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