# मृत्तिका
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* মৃত্তিকা (Assamese script)
* ᬫᬺᬢ᭄ᬢᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
* মৃত্তিকা (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰴𑰝𑰿𑰝𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑀾𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* မၖတ္တိကာ (Burmese script)
* મૃત્તિકા (Gujarati script)
* ਮ੍ਰਤ੍ਤਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦽꦠ꧀ꦠꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑃂𑂞𑂹𑂞𑂱𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ಮೃತ್ತಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
* ម្ឫត្តិកា (Khmer script)
* ມ຺ຣິຕ຺ຕິກາ (Lao script)
* മൃത്തികാ (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᡵᡳᢠᢠᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘵𑘝𑘿𑘝𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠷᠢᢐᢐᠢᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑧖𑦽𑧠𑦽𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑐺𑐟𑑂𑐟𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
* ମୃତ୍ତିକା (Odia script)
* ꢪꢺꢡ꣄ꢡꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆸𑆠𑇀𑆠𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖴𑖝𑖿𑖝𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
* මෘත‍්තිකා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩙𑩫 𑪙𑩫𑩑𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚙𑚶𑚙𑚮𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
* ம்ரித்திகா (Tamil script)
* మృత్తికా (Telugu script)
* มฺฤตฺติกา (Thai script)
* མྲྀ་ཏྟི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒵𑒞𑓂𑒞𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨼𑨉𑨙𑩇𑨙𑨁𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From मृत् (mṛt), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *mŕ̥ts, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mŕ̥ts, from Proto-Indo-European *mĺ̥dʰ-s. Cognate with Ancient Greek μάλθη (málthē), Old English molde (whence English mold).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /mr̩t.ti.kɑː/, [mr̩t̚.ti.kɑː]
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈmr̩t̪.t̪i.kɑː/, [ˈmr̩t̪̚.t̪i.kɑː]

### Noun

मृत्तिका • (mṛttikā) stem, f
* earth, clay, loam

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Dameli: maṭhī́
** Phalura: میٹھ (mēṭhi)
** Shina: ماٹ (māṭi̯), مٹ (muṭṭi)
* Pali: mattikā
* Prakrit: 𑀫𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀻 (maṭṭī), 𑀫𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀺𑀆 (maṭṭiā), 𑀫𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀺𑀬𑀸 (maṭṭiyā), 𑀫𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆 (mittiā)
** Central:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀻 (maṭṭī)
**** Awadhi: माटी (māṭī)
**** Gujarati: માટી (māṭī)
**** Hindustani:
***** Hindi: मट्टी (maṭṭī), माटी (māṭī), मिट्टी (miṭṭī)
***** Urdu: مَٹِّی (maṭṭī), مَاٹِی (māṭī), مِٹِّی (miṭṭī)
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Assamese: মাটি (mati)
**** Bengali: মাটি (maṭi)
**** Bihari:
***** Bhojpuri: माटी (māṭī)
***** Maithili: माटी (māṭī)
**** Odia: ମାତି (māti)
**** Sylheti: ꠝꠣꠐꠤ (maṭi)
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Central Pahari:
***** Garhwali: माटू (māṭū)
***** Kumaoni: माटो (māṭo), माटि (māṭⁱ)
**** Eastern Pahari:
***** Nepali: माटो (māṭo)
**** Western Pahari:
***** Bhadrawahi: मित्ती (mittī)
** Northwestern:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Takka Apabhramsa:
***** Punjabi: miṭṭī
    Gurmukhi script: ਮਿੱਟੀ
    Shahmukhi script: مِٹّھِی
****** Lahnda: مِٹّھِی (miṭṭī)
**** Vracada Apabhramsa:
***** Sindhi: miṭī
    Arabic script: مِٽِي
    Devanagari script: मिटी
****** Kachchi: મિટ્ટી (miṭṭī)
** Southern:
*** Helu Prakrit:
**** Dhivehi: މުށި (muṣi)
**** Sinhalese: මිටිය (miṭiya)
*** Maharastri Prakrit:
**** Konkani: māti
    Devanagari script: माति (māti)
    Kannada script: ಮಾತಿ
    Latin script: matti
**** Old Marathi: माती (mātī)
***** Marathi: माती (mātī)

##### Borrowings

* → Hindi: मृत्तिका (mŕttikā) (learned)
* → Tamil: மிருத்திகை (miruttikai) (learned)

### References

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mrttika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 594
* Monier Williams (1899) “मृत्तिका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 830.