मिथ्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মিথ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬶᬣ᭄ (Balinese script)
- মিথ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰰𑰞𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀺𑀣𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- မိထ် (Burmese script)
- મિથ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਿਥ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌿𑌥𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦶꦡ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂱𑂟𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಿಥ್ (Kannada script)
- មិថ៑ (Khmer script)
- ມິຖ຺ (Lao script)
- മിഥ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡳᡨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘱𑘞𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠢᠲ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧒𑦾𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐶𑐠𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମିଥ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢶꢢ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆴𑆡𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖰𑖞𑖿 (Siddham script)
- මිථ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩑𑩬 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚮𑚚𑚶 (Takri script)
- மித்² (Tamil script)
- మిథ్ (Telugu script)
- มิถฺ (Thai script)
- མི་ཐ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒱𑒟𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨁𑨚𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange”) an extension of *mey- (“to exchange”). Cognate with Latin mutō whence English mutate, mutual; Latin mittō (“send”) whence English emit, mission, etc.; Proto-Slavic *mьstь (“revenge, vengeance”); English mis-, miss.[1][2]
Also cf. Mitra, the Indo-Iranian god of contracts.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mitʰ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mit̪ʰ/
Root
मिथ् • (mith)
Derived terms
Primary verbal forms
- मेथति (methati, present)
- मिमेथ (mimetha, perfect)
Non-finite forms
- मिथित (mithita, past participle)
- मिथित्वा (mithitvā, gerund)
Derived nominal forms
Prefixed root forms
- अभिमिथ् (abhimith)
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root मिथ् (0 c, 1 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root मिथ् (1 c, 0 e)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “MITH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 355
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “METH”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 375
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “मिथ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 816, column 3.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “मिथ्”, 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 120
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “मिथ्”, 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. with 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 272
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 430
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume IV, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 715