मियेध
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মিয়েধ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬶᬬᬾᬥ (Balinese script)
- মিয়েধ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰰𑰧𑰸𑰠 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀺𑀬𑁂𑀥 (Brahmi script)
- မိယေဓ (Burmese script)
- મિયેધ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਿਯੇਧ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌿𑌯𑍇𑌧 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦶꦪꦺꦣ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂱𑂨𑂵𑂡 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಿಯೇಧ (Kannada script)
- មិយេធ (Khmer script)
- ມິເຍຘ (Lao script)
- മിയേധ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡳᠶᡝᢡᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘱𑘧𑘹𑘠 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠢᠶ᠋ᠧᢑᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧒𑧇𑧚𑧀 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐶𑐫𑐾𑐢 (Newa script)
- ମିଯେଧ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢶꢫꢾꢤ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆴𑆪𑆼𑆣 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖰𑖧𑖸𑖠 (Siddham script)
- මියෙධ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩑𑩻𑩔𑩮 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚮𑚣𑚲𑚜 (Takri script)
- மியேத⁴ (Tamil script)
- మియేధ (Telugu script)
- มิเยธ (Thai script)
- མི་ཡེ་དྷ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒱𑒨𑒹𑒡 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨁𑨪𑨄𑨜 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *myázdʰas (“sacrificial oblation”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyh₁- + *dʰeh₁-.
The first component may be related to any of मेध (medha, “offering”), मयस् (mayas, “pleasure”), Hittite [Term?] (/miye-/, “to thrive, grow”). For the second component, compare धा (dhā, “to place, set down”).
Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬀 (miiazda), Middle Persian [script needed] (myzd /mēzd/), the latter whence Persian میز (miz, “table”) and Hindi मेज़ (mez, “table”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mi.jɐ́j.dʱɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mi.jeː.d̪ʱɐ/
Noun
मियेध • (miyédha) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मियेधः (miyédhaḥ) | मियेधौ (miyédhau) मियेधा¹ (miyédhā¹) |
मियेधाः (miyédhāḥ) मियेधासः¹ (miyédhāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | मियेधम् (miyédham) | मियेधौ (miyédhau) मियेधा¹ (miyédhā¹) |
मियेधान् (miyédhān) |
| instrumental | मियेधेन (miyédhena) | मियेधाभ्याम् (miyédhābhyām) | मियेधैः (miyédhaiḥ) मियेधेभिः¹ (miyédhebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | मियेधाय (miyédhāya) | मियेधाभ्याम् (miyédhābhyām) | मियेधेभ्यः (miyédhebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मियेधात् (miyédhāt) | मियेधाभ्याम् (miyédhābhyām) | मियेधेभ्यः (miyédhebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मियेधस्य (miyédhasya) | मियेधयोः (miyédhayoḥ) | मियेधानाम् (miyédhānām) |
| locative | मियेधे (miyédhe) | मियेधयोः (miyédhayoḥ) | मियेधेषु (miyédheṣu) |
| vocative | मियेध (míyedha) | मियेधौ (míyedhau) मियेधा¹ (míyedhā¹) |
मियेधाः (míyedhāḥ) मियेधासः¹ (míyedhāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मियेध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0817, column 3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 356
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 639