मेनि
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মেনি (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬾᬦᬶ (Balinese script)
- মেনি (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰸𑰡𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑁂𑀦𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- မေနိ (Burmese script)
- મેનિ (Gujarati script)
- ਮੇਨਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍇𑌨𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦺꦤꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂵𑂢𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೇನಿ (Kannada script)
- មេនិ (Khmer script)
- ເມນິ (Lao script)
- മേനി (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡝᠨᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘹𑘡𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠧᠨᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧚𑧁𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐾𑐣𑐶 (Newa script)
- ମେନି (Odia script)
- ꢪꢾꢥꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆼𑆤𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖸𑖡𑖰 (Siddham script)
- මෙනි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩔𑩯𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚲𑚝𑚮 (Takri script)
- மேநி (Tamil script)
- మేని (Telugu script)
- เมนิ (Thai script)
- མེ་ནི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒹𑒢𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨄𑨝𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mayHníš,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂y- (“to hurt, deceive”), which could be reduced from *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”) + *-yeti.[2][3] See also Latin maereo (“I am mournful”), Proto-Slavic *mamiti (“to deceive”).
Noun
मेनि • (mení) stem, f from √mī
- a missile weapon, thunderbolt
- wrath, vengeance, punishment
- speech
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मेनिः (meníḥ) | मेनी (menī́) | मेनयः (menáyaḥ) |
| accusative | मेनिम् (mením) | मेनी (menī́) | मेनीः (menī́ḥ) |
| instrumental | मेन्या (menyā́) मेनी¹ (menī́¹) |
मेनिभ्याम् (meníbhyām) | मेनिभिः (meníbhiḥ) |
| dative | मेनये (menáye) मेन्यै² (menyái²) मेनी¹ (menī́¹) |
मेनिभ्याम् (meníbhyām) | मेनिभ्यः (meníbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मेनेः (menéḥ) मेन्याः² (menyā́ḥ²) मेन्यै³ (menyái³) |
मेनिभ्याम् (meníbhyām) | मेनिभ्यः (meníbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मेनेः (menéḥ) मेन्याः² (menyā́ḥ²) मेन्यै³ (menyái³) |
मेन्योः (menyóḥ) | मेनीनाम् (menīnā́m) |
| locative | मेनौ (menáu) मेन्याम्² (menyā́m²) मेना¹ (menā́¹) |
मेन्योः (menyóḥ) | मेनिषु (meníṣu) |
| vocative | मेने (méne) | मेनी (ménī) | मेनयः (ménayaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Later Sanskrit
- ³Brāhmaṇas
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “māyā-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 349-350
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “2. mei-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 710
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “358”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page maereō