मेहति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মেহতি (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬾᬳᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• মেহতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰸𑰮𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑁂𑀳𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• မေဟတိ (Burmese script)
• મેહતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਮੇਹਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍇𑌹𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦺꦲꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂵𑂯𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೇಹತಿ (Kannada script)
• មេហតិ (Khmer script)
• ເມຫຕິ (Lao script)
• മേഹതി (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡝᡥᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘹𑘮𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠧᠾᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧚𑧎𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐾𑐴𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ମେହତି (Odia script)
• ꢪꢾꢲꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆼𑆲𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖸𑖮𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• මෙහති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩔𑪂𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚲𑚩𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• மேஹதி (Tamil script)
• మేహతి (Telugu script)
• เมหติ (Thai script)
• མེ་ཧ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒹𑒯𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨄𑨱𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmáyȷ́ʰati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃méyǵʰeti, from *h₃meyǵʰ- (“to urinate”).

Cognate with Latin mēiō, Ancient Greek ὀμείχω (omeíkhō), Old English mīġan, Serbo-Croatian мижати (mìžati), Persian میختن (mixtan). Compare also English micturate, a Latin borrowing. Related to मेह (méha).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ́j.ɦɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /meː.ɦɐ.t̪i/

Verb

मेहति • (méhati) third-singular indicative (root मिह्)

1. to urinate

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Khowar: مک (mik)
  • Shina: म्योनॊ (myōno)