मेय
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ᬫᬾᬬ (Balinese script)
- মেয (Assamese script)
- মেয (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰸𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑁂𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌮𑍇𑌯 (Grantha script)
- મેય (Gujarati script)
- ਮੇਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦩꦺꦪ (Javanese script)
- មេយ (Khmer script)
- ಮೇಯ (Kannada script)
- ເມຍ (Lao script)
- മേയ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘦𑘹𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠧᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᠮᡝᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- မေယ (Burmese script)
- 𑧆𑧚𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐾𑐫 (Newa script)
- ମେଯ (Oriya script)
- ꢪꢾꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆼𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖸𑖧 (Siddham script)
- මේය (Sinhalese script)
- మేయ (Telugu script)
- เมย (Thai script)
- མེ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒹𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *móh₁-yo-s (“measurable”), from *meh₁- (“to measure”).
Adjective
मेय • (méya)
- 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.
- abhī́śunā méyā āsan vyāménānuméyāḥ.
- अभीशुना मेया आसन् व्यामेनानुमेयाः ।
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of मेय (méya) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | मेयः méyaḥ |
मेयौ méyau |
मेयाः / मेयासः¹ méyāḥ / méyāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | मेय méya |
मेयौ méyau |
मेयाः / मेयासः¹ méyāḥ / méyāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | मेयम् méyam |
मेयौ méyau |
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 |
| ||
| 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 méyāyāḥ |
मेयाभ्याम् méyābhyām |
मेयाभ्यः méyābhyaḥ |
| Genitive | मेयायाः méyāyāḥ |
मेययोः méyayoḥ |
मेयानाम् méyānām |
| Locative | मेयायाम् méyāyām |
मेययोः méyayoḥ |
मेयासु méyāsu |
| Notes |
| ||
| 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 |
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Descendants
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
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