मर्दति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মৰ্দতি (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬃᬤᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• মর্দতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰨𑰿𑰟𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀭𑁆𑀤𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• မရ်္ဒတိ (Burmese script)
• મર્દતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਰ੍ਦਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌰𑍍𑌦𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦂꦢꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂩𑂹𑂠𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಮರ್ದತಿ (Kannada script)
• មទ៌តិ (Khmer script)
• ມຣ຺ທຕິ (Lao script)
• മര്ദതി (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᡵᡩᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘨𑘿𑘟𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠷᢑᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧈𑧠𑦿𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐬𑑂𑐡𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ମର୍ଦତି (Odia script)
• ꢪꢬ꣄ꢣꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆫𑇀𑆢𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖨𑖿𑖟𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• මර්‍දති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩼 𑪙𑩭𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚤𑚶𑚛𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• மர்த³தி (Tamil script)
• మర్దతి (Telugu script)
• มรฺทติ (Thai script)
• མ་རྡ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒩𑓂𑒠𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨫𑩇𑨛𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *(s)márdati, from *(s)merd- (“to bite, sting”). Cognate with म्रदते (mradate, “pulverize”), Latin mordeō (“bite, sting”), Ancient Greek σμερδνός (smerdnós, “dreadful”), σμερδαλέος (smerdaléos), English smart.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ́ɾ.dɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐɾ.d̪ɐ.t̪i/
• Hyphenation: मर्‧द‧ति

Verb

मर्दति • (mardati) third-singular present indicative (root मृद्)

1. to pound, crush, tread on, squeeze, rub

Descendants

• Pali: maddati
• Prakrit: 𑀫𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀇 (maddaï), 𑀫𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀇 (maḍḍaï)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Awadhi: माड़ब (māṛab)
      • Hindustani: māṛnā, mā̃ḍnā
        • Hindi: माड़ना, माँडना
        • Urdu: مَاڑنَا, مَاںڈنَا
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: মাৰিব (maribo)
      • Bengali: মাড়া (maṛa)
      • Bihari:
        • Maithili: māṛab

          Devanagari script: माड़ब

          Tirhuta script: 𑒧𑒰𑒛𑓃𑒥

      • Odia: ମାଡ଼ିବା (maṛiba), ମାଣ୍ଡିବା (maṇḍiba)
  • Dardic:
    • Kashmiri: mā̃ḍun

      Devanagari script: माँडुन

      Arabic script: مَاںڈُن

  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Nepali: माँडनु (mā̃ḍanu)
      • Western Pahari:
        • Bhadrawahi: मडणू (maḍṇū)
• Prakrit: 𑀫𑀡𑁆𑀟𑀺𑀅𑀇 (maṇḍiaï)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Hindustani: mī˜ṛnā
        • Hindi: मीँड़ना
        • Urdu: مِیںڑنَا
      • Romani:
        • Welsh Romani: mōr̄
  • Dardic:
    • Dameli: maṇ-
    • Gawar-Bati: میݨڈیمم (mīṇḍemím)
    • Kalasha: moṇḍik, maṇḍik
    • Kashmiri: manḍun

      Arabic script: مَنڈُن

      Devanagari script: मन्डुन

    • Phalura: māṇḍ-
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Maithili: mīṛab

        Devanagari script: मीड़ब

        Tirhuta script: 𑒧𑒲𑒛𑓃𑒥

  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Kumaoni: मिनणो (minaṇo)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: މޮޑެނީ (moḍenī)
      • Sinhalese: මඬිනවා (maⁿḍinawā), මදවනවා (madawanawā)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Marathi: मांदणे (māndṇe)
  • Western:
    • Vracada Apabhramsa:
      • Sindhi: manaṇu

        Arabic script: مَنَڻُ

        Devanagari script: मनणु

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मर्दति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 830/1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mardati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 568