अधि

Pali

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• adhi(Latin script)
• 𑀅𑀥𑀺(Brahmi script)
• অধি(Bengali script)
• අධි(Sinhalese script)
• အဓိorဢꩪိ(Burmese script)
• อธิorอะธิ(Thai script)
• ᩋᨵᩥ(Tai Tham script)
• ອຘິorອະຘິ(Lao script)
• អធិ(Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄙𑄨(Chakma script)

Preposition

अधि

1. Devanagari scriptform ofadhi(“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

• (Vedic)IPA^(key):/ɐ.dʱi/
• (Classical Sanskrit)IPA^(key):/ˈɐ.d̪ʱi/

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European*h₁en-

Proto-Indo-European*h₁én?

Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?

Proto-Indo-European*dʰe?

Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥dʰí

Sanskritअधि(adhi)

InheritedfromProto-Indo-Iranian*ádʰi,derived (by conflation withProto-Indo-European*éti(“over, across”)) fromProto-Indo-European*h₁n̥dʰí(“under, below”).CompareOld Avestan𐬀𐬌𐬛𐬍(aidī),Tocharian Bette(“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

• अधि-(adhi-)
• अधिक(adhika)
• अधिगच्छति(adhigacchati)
• अधिगम्(adhigam)
• अधिपति(adhipati)

Descendants

• Pali:adhi
• →Hindi:अधि-(adhi-)

Etymology 2

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• आधि(ādhi)

Noun

अधि•(adhi)stem,m

1. anxiety

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension ofअधि(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

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Noun

अधि•(adhi)stem,f

1. a woman in her courses

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension ofअधि(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”,inA Sanskrit–English Dictionary,[…],new edition, Oxford: At theClarendon Press,→OCLC,page20,column 2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred(1992)Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎^[1](in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page67