मेय

Konkani

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese meia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mej]

Noun

मेय • (mey) (Latin script mei, Kannada script ಮೆಯ್)

1. a sock

   Synonym: मोजे (moje)

References

• Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet‎^[1]
• Madhavi Sardesai (2006) A Comparative Linguistic and Cultural Study of Lexical Influences on Konkani‎^[2], Goa University (doctoral thesis)

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• মেয় (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬾᬬ (Balinese script)
• মেয় (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰸𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑁂𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• မေယ (Burmese script)
• મેય (Gujarati script)
• ਮੇਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍇𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦺꦪ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂵𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೇಯ (Kannada script)
• មេយ (Khmer script)
• ເມຍ (Lao script)
• മേയ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡝᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘹𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠧᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧚𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐾𑐫 (Newa script)
• ମେଯ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢾꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆼𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖸𑖧 (Siddham script)
• මෙය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩔𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚲𑚣 (Takri script)
• மேய (Tamil script)
• మేయ (Telugu script)
• เมย (Thai script)
• མེ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒹𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨄𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *móh₁-yo-s (“measurable”), from *meh₁- (“to measure”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ́j.jɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.jɐ/

Adjective

मेय • (méya) stem

1. measurable, discernable, to be measured
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 6.137.2:

     अभीशुना मेया आसन् व्यामेनानुमेयाः ।
     केशा नडा इव वर्धन्तां शीर्ष्णस्ते असिताः परि ॥

     abhī́śunā méyā āsan vyāménānuméyāḥ.
     kéśā naḍā́ iva vardhantāṃ śīrṣṇáste asitā́ḥ pári.

     They might be measured with a rein or measurable with both extended arms.
     Let the black locks spring thick and strong and grow like reeds upon thy head.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मेय (méya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मेयः méyaḥ	मेयौ / मेया¹ méyau / méyā¹	मेयाः / मेयासः¹ méyāḥ / méyāsaḥ¹
Vocative	मेय méya	मेयौ / मेया¹ méyau / méyā¹	मेयाः / मेयासः¹ méyāḥ / méyāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मेयम् méyam	मेयौ / मेया¹ méyau / méyā¹	मेयान् méyān
Instrumental	मेयेन méyena	मेयाभ्याम् méyābhyām	मेयैः / मेयेभिः¹ méyaiḥ / méyebhiḥ¹
Dative	मेयाय méyāya	मेयाभ्याम् méyābhyām	मेयेभ्यः méyebhyaḥ
Ablative	मेयात् méyāt	मेयाभ्याम् méyābhyām	मेयेभ्यः méyebhyaḥ
Genitive	मेयस्य méyasya	मेययोः méyayoḥ	मेयानाम् méyānām
Locative	मेये méye	मेययोः méyayoḥ	मेयेषु méyeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of मेया (méyā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मेया méyā	मेये méye	मेयाः méyāḥ
Vocative	मेये méye	मेये méye	मेयाः méyāḥ
Accusative	मेयाम् méyām	मेये méye	मेयाः méyāḥ
Instrumental	मेयया / मेया¹ méyayā / méyā¹	मेयाभ्याम् méyābhyām	मेयाभिः méyābhiḥ
Dative	मेयायै méyāyai	मेयाभ्याम् méyābhyām	मेयाभ्यः méyābhyaḥ
Ablative	मेयायाः / मेयायै² méyāyāḥ / méyāyai²	मेयाभ्याम् méyābhyām	मेयाभ्यः méyābhyaḥ
Genitive	मेयायाः / मेयायै² méyāyāḥ / méyāyai²	मेययोः méyayoḥ	मेयानाम् méyānām
Locative	मेयायाम् méyāyām	मेययोः méyayoḥ	मेयासु méyāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of मेय (méya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मेयम् méyam	मेये méye	मेयानि / मेया¹ méyāni / méyā¹
Vocative	मेय méya	मेये méye	मेयानि / मेया¹ méyāni / méyā¹
Accusative	मेयम् méyam	मेये méye	मेयानि / मेया¹ méyāni / méyā¹
Instrumental	मेयेन méyena	मेयाभ्याम् méyābhyām	मेयैः / मेयेभिः¹ méyaiḥ / méyebhiḥ¹
Dative	मेयाय méyāya	मेयाभ्याम् méyābhyām	मेयेभ्यः méyebhyaḥ
Ablative	मेयात् méyāt	मेयाभ्याम् méyābhyām	मेयेभ्यः méyebhyaḥ
Genitive	मेयस्य méyasya	मेययोः méyayoḥ	मेयानाम् méyānām
Locative	मेये méye	मेययोः méyayoḥ	मेयेषु méyeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑁂𑀅 (mea), 𑀫𑁂𑀚𑁆𑀚 (mejja)
  • Marathi: मेज (mej)
    • ⇒ Marathi: मेजणे (mejṇe)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “मेय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 833.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mḗya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press