मति

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मति (mati).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mə.t̪iː/,

मति • (mati) f

1. intelligence, understanding

मति • (mati) f

1. a female given name, Mati, from Sanskrit

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मति”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मति”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “मति”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

मति f

1. Devanagari script form of mati (“thought”)

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *matíš, from Proto-Indo-European *mén-ti-s ~ *mn̥-téy-s (“thought”). Cognate with Latin mēns, Ancient Greek μᾰ́ντῐς (mắntĭs), Proto-Germanic *mundiz (whence English mind). By surface analysis, मन् (man) +‎ -ति (-ti).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.t̪í/, /mɐ́.t̪i/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐ.t̪i/

मति • (matí or máti) stem, f

1. thought, design, intention, resolution, determination, inclination, wish, desire
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.26.8:

     त्रि॒भिः प॒वित्रै॒रपु॑पो॒द्ध्य१॒॑र्कं हृ॒दा म॒तिं ज्योति॒रनु॑ प्रजा॒नन् ।
     वर्षि॑ष्ठं॒ रत्न॑मकृत स्व॒धाभि॒रादिद्द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी पर्य॑पश्यत् ॥

     tribhíḥ pavítrairápupoddhyàrkáṃ hṛdā́ matíṃ jyótiránu prajānán.
     várṣiṣṭhaṃ rátnamakṛta svadhā́bhirā́díddyā́vāpṛthivī́ páryapaśyat.

     As he had purified the song of praise with three purifying filters, finding the way to the thought, to the light in his heart, he earned the highest jewel by his own strength and he overlooked heaven and earth.

2. devotion, prayer, worship, hymn, sacred utterance
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.114.1:

     इ॒मा रु॒द्राय॑ त॒वसे॑ कप॒र्दिने॑ क्ष॒यद्वी॑राय॒ प्र भ॑रामहे म॒तीः।
     यथा॒ शमस॑द्द्वि॒पदे॒ चतु॑ष्पदे॒ विश्वं॑ पु॒ष्टं ग्रामे॑ अ॒स्मिन्न॑नातु॒रम्॥

     imā́ rudrā́ya taváse kapardíne kṣayádvīrāya prá bharāmahe matī́ḥ.
     yáthā śámásaddvipáde cátuṣpade víśvaṃ puṣṭáṃ grā́me asmínnanāturám.

     To the strong Rudra, to the Lord of Heroes, to him with braided hair we bring our prayers,
     That it be well with all our cattle and our men, that in this village all be healthy and well-fed.

3. opinion, notion, idea, belief, conviction, view, creed
   • c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā Chapter XVIII.78:

     यत्र योगेश्वरः कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धरः ।
     तत्र श्रीर् विजयो भूतिर् ध्रुवा नीतिर् मतिर् मम ॥

     yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pārtho dhanurdharaḥ.
     tatra śrīr vijayo bhūtir dhruvā nītir matir mama.

     "Wherever there is Kṛṣṇa, the Lord of Yoga, and wherever there is Arjuna, the supreme archer, there will also certainly be unending opulence, victory, prosperity, and righteousness. This is my opinion".

4. the mind, perception, understanding, intelligence, sense, judgement
5. esteem, respect, regard
6. memory, remembrance
7. opinion
8. a kind of vegetable or pot-herb

• Pali: mati
  • → Thai: มติ (má-dtì)
  • → Khmer: មតិ (mĕəʼteʼ)
• → Tamil: மதி (mati)
• → Telugu: మతి (mati)
• → Hindi: मति (mati) (learned)

• Monier Williams (1899) “मति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 783/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen ‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 296-7