तिथि

See also: तिथे and तथा

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit तिथि (tithi).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪ɪ.t̪ʰiː/

Noun

तिथि • (tithi) f

1. date
2. (specific) lunar day

Declension

Declension of तिथि (fem i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तिथि tithi	तिथियाँ tithiyā̃
oblique	तिथि tithi	तिथियों tithiyõ
vocative	तिथि tithi	तिथियो tithiyo

Synonyms

• (date): तारीख़ (tārīx)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• tithi (Latin script)
• 𑀢𑀺𑀣𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• তিথি (Bengali script)
• තිථි (Sinhalese script)
• တိထိ (Burmese script)
• ติถิ (Thai script)
• ᨲᩥᨳᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ຕິຖິ (Lao script)
• តិថិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄨𑄗𑄨 (Chakma script)

Noun

तिथि m

1. Devanagari script form of tithi

Sanskrit

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ti.tʰi/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪i.t̪ʰi/

Noun

तिथि • (tithi) stem, m or f by sense

1. a lunar day (30th part of a whole lunation of rather more than 27 solar days; 15 tithis, during the moon's increase, constitute the light half of the month and the other 15 the dark half)

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of तिथि (tithi)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	तिथिः tithiḥ	तिथी tithī	तिथयः tithayaḥ
Vocative	तिथे tithe	तिथी tithī	तिथयः tithayaḥ
Accusative	तिथिम् tithim	तिथी tithī	तिथीः tithīḥ
Instrumental	तिथ्या / तिथी¹ tithyā / tithī¹	तिथिभ्याम् tithibhyām	तिथिभिः tithibhiḥ
Dative	तिथये / तिथ्यै² / तिथी¹ tithaye / tithyai² / tithī¹	तिथिभ्याम् tithibhyām	तिथिभ्यः tithibhyaḥ
Ablative	तिथेः / तिथ्याः² / तिथ्यै³ titheḥ / tithyāḥ² / tithyai³	तिथिभ्याम् tithibhyām	तिथिभ्यः tithibhyaḥ
Genitive	तिथेः / तिथ्याः² / तिथ्यै³ titheḥ / tithyāḥ² / tithyai³	तिथ्योः tithyoḥ	तिथीनाम् tithīnām
Locative	तिथौ / तिथ्याम्² / तिथा¹ tithau / tithyām² / tithā¹	तिथ्योः tithyoḥ	तिथिषु tithiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• → English: tithi
• Hindi: तिथि (tithi)
• → Malayalam: തീയതി (tīyati)
• → Old Javanese: tithi (“lunar date”)
  • → Balinese: ᬢᬶᬣᬶ (titi, “lunar date”)
• Pali: tithi
• → Tamil: தேதி (tēti), திதி (titi)
• → Telugu: తేది (tēdi)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “तिथि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0446.