माति

Konkani

Etymology

From Sanskrit मृत्तिका (mṛttikā). Compare Marathi माती (mātī), Gujarati માટી (māṭī), Hindi मिट्टी (miṭṭī).

Noun

माति • (māti) (Latin script mati, Kannada script ಮಾತಿ)

1. soil, earth

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• মাতি (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬵᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• মাতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰯𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• မာတိ (Burmese script)
• માતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਾਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌾𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦴꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂰𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಾತಿ (Kannada script)
• មាតិ (Khmer script)
• ມາຕິ (Lao script)
• മാതി (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘰𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᢗᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧑𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐵𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ମାତି (Odia script)
• ꢪꢵꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆳𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖯𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• මාති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩛𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚭𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• மாதி (Tamil script)
• మాతి (Telugu script)
• มาติ (Thai script)
• མཱ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒰𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨊𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *mā́tiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́tiš, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₁-ti-s, from *meh₁- (“to measure”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μῆτις (mêtis), Proto-Germanic *mēþiz (whence Old English mǣþ), Proto-Albanian *māti (whence Albanian mot).

Noun

माति • (māti) f

1. measure
2. knowledge
3. a part of the body

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of माति (māti)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मातिः mātiḥ	माती mātī	मातयः mātayaḥ
Vocative	माते māte	माती mātī	मातयः mātayaḥ
Accusative	मातिम् mātim	माती mātī	मातीः mātīḥ
Instrumental	मात्या / माती¹ mātyā / mātī¹	मातिभ्याम् mātibhyām	मातिभिः mātibhiḥ
Dative	मातये / मात्यै² / माती¹ mātaye / mātyai² / mātī¹	मातिभ्याम् mātibhyām	मातिभ्यः mātibhyaḥ
Ablative	मातेः / मात्याः² / मात्यै³ māteḥ / mātyāḥ² / mātyai³	मातिभ्याम् mātibhyām	मातिभ्यः mātibhyaḥ
Genitive	मातेः / मात्याः² / मात्यै³ māteḥ / mātyāḥ² / mātyai³	मात्योः mātyoḥ	मातीनाम् mātīnām
Locative	मातौ / मात्याम्² / माता¹ mātau / mātyām² / mātā¹	मात्योः mātyoḥ	मातिषु mātiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “माति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 804.