मेथि

See also: मेथी and माथा

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• मेथी (methī) (methī) f
• मेधि (medhi) (medhi) f
• मेधी (medhī) (medhī) f
• मेड्ही (meḍhī) (meḍhī) f
• मेठि (meṭhi) (meṭhi) f
• मेठी (meṭhī) (meṭhī) f

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মেথি (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬾᬣᬶ (Balinese script)
• মেথি (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰸𑰞𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑁂𑀣𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• မေထိ (Burmese script)
• મેથિ (Gujarati script)
• ਮੇਥਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍇𑌥𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦺꦡꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂵𑂟𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೇಥಿ (Kannada script)
• មេថិ (Khmer script)
• ເມຖິ (Lao script)
• മേഥി (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡝᡨᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘹𑘞𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠧᠲᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧚𑦾𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐾𑐠𑐶 (Newa script)
• ମେଥି (Odia script)
• ꢪꢾꢢꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆼𑆡𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖸𑖞𑖰 (Siddham script)
• මෙථි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩔𑩬𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚲𑚚𑚮 (Takri script)
• மேதி² (Tamil script)
• మేథి (Telugu script)
• เมถิ (Thai script)
• མེ་ཐི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒹𑒟𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨄𑨚𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Akin to Old Armenian մոյթ (moytʻ).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

मेथि • (methí) stem, m

1. a pillar, post (especially a pillar in the middle of a threshing-floor to which oxen are bound, but also any central point or centre) (AV. etc.)
2. cattle-shed (AV.)
3. a prop for supporting carriage-shafts (AV. etc.)

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of मेथि
Nom. sg.	मेथिः (methiḥ)
Gen. sg.	मेथेः (metheḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मेथिः (methiḥ)	मेथी (methī)	मेथयः (methayaḥ)
Vocative	मेथे (methe)	मेथी (methī)	मेथयः (methayaḥ)
Accusative	मेथिम् (methim)	मेथी (methī)	मेथीन् (methīn)
Instrumental	मेथिना (methinā)	मेथिभ्याम् (methibhyām)	मेथिभिः (methibhiḥ)
Dative	मेथये (methaye)	मेथिभ्याम् (methibhyām)	मेथिभ्यः (methibhyaḥ)
Ablative	मेथेः (metheḥ)	मेथिभ्याम् (methibhyām)	मेथिभ्यः (methibhyaḥ)
Genitive	मेथेः (metheḥ)	मेथ्योः (methyoḥ)	मेथीनाम् (methīnām)
Locative	मेथौ (methau)	मेथ्योः (methyoḥ)	मेथिषु (methiṣu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मेथि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0832.