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Bengali
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मति (mati).
Noun
মতি • (moti) (uncountable)
- intelligence, intellect
- Synonyms: বুদ্ধি (buddhi), মেধা (medha), জ্ঞান (gên), মগজ (mogoj)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
The spelling is owing to confusing অ (o /ɔ/) with ও (ō /o/): given that the former is realised as due to vowel harmony when followed by /i/, /u/ in the next syllable.[1]
Noun
মতি • (moti)
- (hypercorrect) alternative spelling of মোতি (mōti)
References
- ^ Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language, volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 397