अधि

Pali

Alternative scripts
Alternative forms
  • adhi (Latin script)
  • 𑀅𑀥𑀺 (Brahmi script)
  • অধি (Bengali script)
  • අධි (Sinhalese script)
  • အဓိ or ဢꩪိ (Burmese script)
  • อธิ or อะธิ (Thai script)
  • ᩋᨵᩥ (Tai Tham script)
  • ອຘິ or ອະຘິ (Lao script)
  • អធិ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄃𑄙𑄨 (Chakma script)

Preposition

अधि

  1. Devanagari script form of adhi (“up to, over”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • অধি (Assamese script)
  • ᬅᬥᬶ (Balinese script)
  • অধি (Bengali script)
  • 𑰀𑰠𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀅𑀥𑀺 (Brahmi script)
  • အဓိ (Burmese script)
  • અધિ (Gujarati script)
  • ਅਧਿ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌅𑌧𑌿 (Grantha script)
  • ꦄꦣꦶ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂃𑂡𑂱 (Kaithi script)
  • ಅಧಿ (Kannada script)
  • អធិ (Khmer script)
  • ອຘິ (Lao script)
  • അധി (Malayalam script)
  • ᠠᢡᡳ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘀𑘠𑘱 (Modi script)
  • ᠠᢑᠾᠢ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦠𑧀𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐀𑐢𑐶 (Newa script)
  • ଅଧି (Odia script)
  • ꢂꢤꢶ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆃𑆣𑆴 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖀𑖠𑖰 (Siddham script)
  • අධි (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩐𑩮𑩑 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚀𑚜𑚮 (Takri script)
  • அதி⁴ (Tamil script)
  • అధి (Telugu script)
  • อธิ (Thai script)
  • ཨ་དྷི (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒁𑒡𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨀𑨜𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ádʰi, derived (by conflation with Proto-Indo-European *éti (“over, across”)) from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dʰí (“under, below”). Compare Old Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬛𐬍 (aidī), Tocharian B ette (“lower, down”).

Preposition

अधि • (adhi)

  1. over; above
  2. besides
  3. from
  4. after
  5. for
  6. instead of
  7. on; at
  8. (with accusative) about, concerning
  9. from above
  10. compared to, in comparison with
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Pali: adhi
  • → Hindi: अधि- (adhi-)

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms
  • आधि (ādhi)

Noun

अधि • (adhi) stem, m

  1. anxiety
Declension
Masculine i-stem declension of अधि (adhi)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative अधिः
adhiḥ		 अधी
adhī		 अधयः
adhayaḥ
Vocative अधे
adhe		 अधी
adhī		 अधयः
adhayaḥ
Accusative अधिम्
adhim		 अधी
adhī		 अधीन्
adhīn
Instrumental अधिना / अध्या¹
adhinā / adhyā¹		 अधिभ्याम्
adhibhyām		 अधिभिः
adhibhiḥ
Dative अधये
adhaye		 अधिभ्याम्
adhibhyām		 अधिभ्यः
adhibhyaḥ
Ablative अधेः / अध्यः¹
adheḥ / adhyaḥ¹		 अधिभ्याम्
adhibhyām		 अधिभ्यः
adhibhyaḥ
Genitive अधेः / अध्यः¹
adheḥ / adhyaḥ¹		 अध्योः
adhyoḥ		 अधीनाम्
adhīnām
Locative अधौ / अधा¹
adhau / adhā¹		 अध्योः
adhyoḥ		 अधिषु
adhiṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Etymology 3

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

Noun

अधि • (adhi) stem, f

  1. a woman in her courses
Declension
Feminine i-stem declension of अधि (adhi)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative अधिः
adhiḥ		 अधी
adhī		 अधयः
adhayaḥ
Vocative अधे
adhe		 अधी
adhī		 अधयः
adhayaḥ
Accusative अधिम्
adhim		 अधी
adhī		 अधीः
adhīḥ
Instrumental अध्या / अधी¹
adhyā / adhī¹		 अधिभ्याम्
adhibhyām		 अधिभिः
adhibhiḥ
Dative अधये / अध्यै² / अधी¹
adhaye / adhyai² / adhī¹		 अधिभ्याम्
adhibhyām		 अधिभ्यः
adhibhyaḥ
Ablative अधेः / अध्याः² / अध्यै³
adheḥ / adhyāḥ² / adhyai³		 अधिभ्याम्
adhibhyām		 अधिभ्यः
adhibhyaḥ
Genitive अधेः / अध्याः² / अध्यै³
adheḥ / adhyāḥ² / adhyai³		 अध्योः
adhyoḥ		 अधीनाम्
adhīnām
Locative अधौ / अध्याम्² / अधा¹
adhau / adhyām² / adhā¹		 अध्योः
adhyoḥ		 अधिषु
adhiṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Later Sanskrit
  • ³Brāhmaṇas

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “अधि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 20, column 2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 67
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