मिथ्या
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit मिथ्या (mithyā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /mɪt̪ʰ.jɑː/, [mɪt̪ʰ.jäː]
- Rhymes: -ɑː
Adjective
मिथ्या • (mithyā) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling متھیا)
- false, spurious, delusory
- यह व्यक्ति मिथ्या अभिमान से भरा है।
- yah vyakti mithyā abhimān se bharā hai.
- This man is full of false pride.
Antonyms
- सच्चा (saccā)
Noun
मिथ्या • (mithyā) f
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | मिथ्या mithyā |
मिथ्याएँ mithyāẽ |
| oblique | मिथ्या mithyā |
मिथ्याओं mithyāõ |
| vocative | मिथ्या mithyā |
मिथ्याओ mithyāo |
References
- Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “मिथ्या”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
- Bahri, Hardev (1989), “मिथ्या”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মিথ্যা (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬶᬣ᭄ᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
- মিথ্যা (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰰𑰞𑰿𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀺𑀣𑁆𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- မိထျာ (Burmese script)
- મિથ્યા (Gujarati script)
- ਮਿਥ੍ਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌿𑌥𑍍𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦶꦡꦾꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂱𑂟𑂹𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಿಥ್ಯಾ (Kannada script)
- មិថ្យា (Khmer script)
- ມິຖ຺ຍາ (Lao script)
- മിഥ്യാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡳᡨᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘱𑘞𑘿𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠢᠲᠶᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧒𑦾𑧠𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐶𑐠𑑂𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
- ମିଥ୍ଯା (Odia script)
- ꢪꢶꢢ꣄ꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆴𑆡𑇀𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖰𑖞𑖿𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
- මිථ්යා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩑𑩬 𑪙𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚮𑚚𑚶𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
- மித்²யா (Tamil script)
- మిథ్యా (Telugu script)
- มิถฺยา (Thai script)
- མི་ཐྱཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒱𑒟𑓂𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨁𑨚𑩇𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Traditionally derived from a Proto-Indo-European *mēwHdʰ- (“to complain or care about something”), and compared with Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “tale, legend”). Mayrhofer does not mention this theory, and instead considers the word to be a derivative of मिथ् (mith, “to alternate”).[1] For a semantic parallel from the same Indo-European root, compare Proto-Germanic *missaz (“wrong; divergent”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mitʰ.jɑ́ː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mit̪ʰ.jɑː/
Noun
मिथ्या • (mithyā́) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मिथ्या (mithyā) | मिथ्ये (mithye) | मिथ्याः (mithyāḥ) |
| accusative | मिथ्याम् (mithyām) | मिथ्ये (mithye) | मिथ्याः (mithyāḥ) |
| instrumental | मिथ्यया (mithyayā) मिथ्या¹ (mithyā¹) |
मिथ्याभ्याम् (mithyābhyām) | मिथ्याभिः (mithyābhiḥ) |
| dative | मिथ्यायै (mithyāyai) | मिथ्याभ्याम् (mithyābhyām) | मिथ्याभ्यः (mithyābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मिथ्यायाः (mithyāyāḥ) मिथ्यायै² (mithyāyai²) |
मिथ्याभ्याम् (mithyābhyām) | मिथ्याभ्यः (mithyābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मिथ्यायाः (mithyāyāḥ) मिथ्यायै² (mithyāyai²) |
मिथ्ययोः (mithyayoḥ) | मिथ्यानाम् (mithyānām) |
| locative | मिथ्यायाम् (mithyāyām) | मिथ्ययोः (mithyayoḥ) | मिथ्यासु (mithyāsu) |
| vocative | मिथ्ये (mithye) | मिथ्ये (mithye) | मिथ्याः (mithyāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Derived terms
- मिथक (mithaka, “imaginary, mythical”)
- मिथ्यापूर्ण (mithyāpūrṇa, “filled with illusion”)
Descendants
- Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸 (micchā)
- → Malayalam: മിഥ്യ (mithya)
- → Hindi: मिथ्या (mithyā), मिथ्य (mithya, “(slang) a lie”)
- ⇒ Kannada: ಮಿಥ್ಯೆ (mithye)
- Pali: micchā
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “míthū (> line 3 > mithyā́)”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 355
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “मिथ्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 817, column 1.