मथ्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬫᬣ᭄ (Balinese script)
- মথ্ (Assamese script)
- মথ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰞𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀣𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌮𑌥𑍍 (Grantha script)
- મથ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਥੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦩꦡ꧀ (Javanese script)
- មថ៑ (Khmer script)
- ಮಥ್ (Kannada script)
- ມຖ຺ (Lao script)
- മഥ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘦𑘞𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᠲ (Mongolian script)
- ᠮᠠᡨ (Manchu script)
- မထ် (Burmese script)
- 𑧆𑦾𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐠𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମଥ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢪꢢ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆡𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖞𑖿 (Siddham script)
- මථ් (Sinhalese script)
- మథ్ (Telugu script)
- มถฺ (Thai script)
- མ་ཐ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒟𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *meth₂-, *menth₂- (“to stir, mix up”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic sъ·metana (“smetana”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐtʰ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mɐt̪ʰ/
Root
मथ् • (math)
- to stir, whirl around
- to rotate
- to churn
- to mix, mingle
- to agitate, trouble
Alternative forms
- मन्थ् (manth)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “मथ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0777.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “मथ्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 0117
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “मथ्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 259
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 438
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0732