मिथ्या

Hindi

मिथ्या • (mithyā) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling متھیا)

false, spurious, delusory
यह व्यक्ति मिथ्या अभिमान से भरा है।
yah vyakti mithyā abhimān se bharā hai.
This man is full of false pride.

मिथ्या • (mithyā) f

Declension of मिथ्या (fem ā-stem)

Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “मिथ्या”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
Bahri, Hardev (1989) “मिथ्या”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

From Proto-Indo-European *mēwHdʰ- (“to complain or care about something”). Compare with Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “tale, legend”).

मिथ्या • (mithyā) stem, f

Feminine ā-stem declension of मिथ्या (mithyā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मिथ्या mithyā	मिथ्ये mithye	मिथ्याः mithyāḥ
Vocative	मिथ्ये mithye	मिथ्ये mithye	मिथ्याः mithyāḥ
Accusative	मिथ्याम् mithyām	मिथ्ये mithye	मिथ्याः mithyāḥ
Instrumental	मिथ्यया / मिथ्या¹ mithyayā / mithyā¹	मिथ्याभ्याम् mithyābhyām	मिथ्याभिः mithyābhiḥ
Dative	मिथ्यायै mithyāyai	मिथ्याभ्याम् mithyābhyām	मिथ्याभ्यः mithyābhyaḥ
Ablative	मिथ्यायाः / मिथ्यायै² mithyāyāḥ / mithyāyai²	मिथ्याभ्याम् mithyābhyām	मिथ्याभ्यः mithyābhyaḥ
Genitive	मिथ्यायाः / मिथ्यायै² mithyāyāḥ / mithyāyai²	मिथ्ययोः mithyayoḥ	मिथ्यानाम् mithyānām
Locative	मिथ्यायाम् mithyāyām	मिथ्ययोः mithyayoḥ	मिथ्यासु mithyāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸 (micchā)
- Assamese: মিছা (misa)
- Bengali: মিছা (micha)
- Sylheti: ꠝꠤꠍꠣ (misá)
→ Malayalam: മിഥ്യ (mithya)
→ Hindi: मिथ्या (mithyā), मिथ्य (mithya, “(slang) a lie”)
⇒ Kannada: ಮಿಥ್ಯೆ (mithye)