अधि
See also: अधि-
Pali
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- adhi (Latin script)
- 𑀅𑀥𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- অধি (Bengali script)
- අධි (Sinhalese script)
- အဓိ or ဢꩪိ (Burmese script)
- อธิ or อะธิ (Thai script)
- ᩋᨵᩥ (Tai Tham script)
- ອຘິ or ອະຘິ (Lao script)
- អធិ (Khmer script)
- 𑄃𑄙𑄨 (Chakma script)
Preposition
अधि
- Devanagari script form of adhi (“up to, over”)
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- अधि- (adhi-) — prefix
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অধি (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬥᬶ (Balinese script)
- অধি (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰠𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀥𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- အဓိ (Burmese script)
- અધિ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਧਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌧𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦣꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂡𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಧಿ (Kannada script)
- អធិ (Khmer script)
- ອຘິ (Lao script)
- അധി (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᢡᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘠𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢑᠾᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧀𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐢𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଅଧି (Odia script)
- ꢂꢤꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆣𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖠𑖰 (Siddham script)
- අධි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩮𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚜𑚮 (Takri script)
- அதி⁴ (Tamil script)
- అధి (Telugu script)
- อธิ (Thai script)
- ཨ་དྷི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒡𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨜𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ.dʱi/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.d̪ʱi/
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
Uncertain, possibly inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *(H)ádʰi,[1] derived (by conflation with Proto-Indo-European *éti (“over, across”), whence *(H)áti) from Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí (“under, below”).[2] Compare Tocharian B ette (“lower, down”).
Preposition
अधि • (ádhi)
- over; above
- besides
- from
- after
- for
- instead of
- on; at
- (with accusative) about, concerning
- from above
- compared to, in comparison with
Derived terms
- अधि- (adhi-)
- अधिक (adhika)
- अधिगच्छति (adhigacchati)
- अधिगम् (adhigam)
- अधीन (adhīna)
- अधिपति (adhipati)
Descendants
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not mentioned by Mayrhofer, perhaps a semantic extension of the "over" sense of Etymology 1?”)
Alternative forms
- आधि (ādhi)
Noun
अधि • (adhi) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अधिः (adhiḥ) | अधी (adhī) | अधयः (adhayaḥ) |
| accusative | अधिम् (adhim) | अधी (adhī) | अधीन् (adhīn) |
| instrumental | अधिना (adhinā) | अधिभ्याम् (adhibhyām) | अधिभिः (adhibhiḥ) |
| dative | अधये (adhaye) | अधिभ्याम् (adhibhyām) | अधिभ्यः (adhibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अधेः (adheḥ) | अधिभ्याम् (adhibhyām) | अधिभ्यः (adhibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अधेः (adheḥ) | अध्योः (adhyoḥ) | अधीनाम् (adhīnām) |
| locative | अधौ (adhau) | अध्योः (adhyoḥ) | अधिषु (adhiṣu) |
| vocative | अधे (adhe) | अधी (adhī) | अधयः (adhayaḥ) |
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not mentioned by Mayrhofer, perhaps a semantic extension of the "over" sense of Etymology 1?”)
Noun
अधि • (adhi) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अधिः (adhiḥ) | अधी (adhī) | अधयः (adhayaḥ) |
| accusative | अधिम् (adhim) | अधी (adhī) | अधीः (adhīḥ) |
| instrumental | अध्या (adhyā) | अधिभ्याम् (adhibhyām) | अधिभिः (adhibhiḥ) |
| dative | अधये (adhaye) अध्यै¹ (adhyai¹) |
अधिभ्याम् (adhibhyām) | अधिभ्यः (adhibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अधेः (adheḥ) अध्याः¹ (adhyāḥ¹) |
अधिभ्याम् (adhibhyām) | अधिभ्यः (adhibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अधेः (adheḥ) अध्याः¹ (adhyāḥ¹) |
अध्योः (adhyoḥ) | अधीनाम् (adhīnām) |
| locative | अधौ (adhau) अध्याम्¹ (adhyām¹) |
अध्योः (adhyoḥ) | अधिषु (adhiṣu) |
| vocative | अधे (adhe) | अधी (adhī) | अधयः (adhayaḥ) |
- ¹Later Sanskrit
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “ádhi”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 67
- ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, pages 45-49
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “अधि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 20, column 2.