मर्दति

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Alternative scripts

মৰ্দতি (Assamese script)
ᬫᬃᬤᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
মর্দতি (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰨𑰿𑰟𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀭𑁆𑀤𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
မရ်္ဒတိ (Burmese script)
મર્દતિ (Gujarati script)
ਮਰ੍ਦਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑌰𑍍𑌦𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦂꦢꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂩𑂹𑂠𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಮರ್ದತಿ (Kannada script)
មទ៌តិ (Khmer script)
ມຣ຺ທຕິ (Lao script)
മര്ദതി (Malayalam script)
ᠮᠠᡵᡩᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘨𑘿𑘟𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᠷᢑᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑧈𑧠𑦿𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐬𑑂𑐡𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ମର୍ଦତି (Odia script)
ꢪꢬ꣄ꢣꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆫𑇀𑆢𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖨𑖿𑖟𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
මර්‍දති (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩼 𑪙𑩭𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚤𑚶𑚛𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
மர்த³தி (Tamil script)
మర్దతి (Telugu script)
มรฺทติ (Thai script)
མ་རྡ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒩𑓂𑒠𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨫𑩇𑨛𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *(s)márdati, from *(s)merd- (“to bite, sting”). Cognate with म्रदते (mradate, “pulverize”), Latin mordeō (“bite, sting”), Ancient Greek σμερδνός (smerdnós, “dreadful”), σμερδαλέος (smerdaléos), English smart.

Pronunciation edit

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ́ɾ.dɐ.ti/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐɾ.d̪ɐ.t̪i/
Hyphenation: मर्‧द‧ति

Verb edit

मर्दति • (mardati) third-singular present indicative (root मृद्)

to pound, crush, tread on, squeeze, rub

Descendants edit

Pali: maddati
Prakrit: 𑀫𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀇 (maddaï), 𑀫𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀇 (maḍḍaï)
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Awadhi: माड़ब (māṛab)
    - Hindustani: māṛnā, mā̃ḍnā
      - Hindi: माड़ना, माँडना
      - Urdu: مَاڑنَا, مَاںڈنَا
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Assamese: মাৰিব (maribo)
    - Bengali: মাড়া (maṛa)
    - Bihari:
      - Maithili: māṛab
        Devanagari script: माड़ब
        
        Tirhuta script: 𑒧𑒰𑒛𑓃𑒥
    - Odia: ମାଡ଼ିବା (maṛiba), ମାଣ୍ଡିବା (maṇḍiba)
- Dardic:
  - Kashmiri: mā̃ḍun
    Devanagari script: माँडुन
    
    Arabic script: مَاںڈُن
- Northern:
  - Khasa Prakrit:
    - Nepali: माँडनु (mā̃ḍanu)
    - Western Pahari:
      - Bhadrawahi: मडणू (maḍṇū)
Prakrit: 𑀫𑀡𑁆𑀟𑀺𑀅𑀇 (maṇḍiaï)
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Hindustani: mī˜ṛnā
      - Hindi: मीँड़ना
      - Urdu: مِیںڑنَا
    - Romani:
      - Welsh Romani: mōr̄
- Dardic:
  - Dameli: maṇ-
  - Gawar-Bati: میݨڈیمم (mīṇḍemím)
  - Kalasha: moṇḍik, maṇḍik
  - Kashmiri: manḍun
    Arabic script: مَنڈُن
    
    Devanagari script: मन्डुन
  - Phalura: māṇḍ-
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Maithili: mīṛab
      Devanagari script: मीड़ब
      
      Tirhuta script: 𑒧𑒲𑒛𑓃𑒥
- Northern:
  - Khasa Prakrit:
    - Kumaoni: मिनणो (minaṇo)
- Southern:
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Dhivehi: މޮޑެނީ (moḍenī)
    - Sinhalese: මඬිනවා (maⁿḍinawā), මදවනවා (madawanawā)
  - Maharastri Prakrit:
    - Marathi: मांदणे (māndṇe)
- Western:
  - Vracada Apabhramsa:
    - Sindhi: manaṇu
      Arabic script: مَنَڻُ
      
      Devanagari script: मनणु

References edit

Monier Williams (1899) “मर्दति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 830/1.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mardati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 568