# मति
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मति (mati).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /mə.t̪iː/, [mɐ.t̪iː]

### Noun

मति • (mati) f
* intelligence, understanding

#### Derived terms

* अनुमति (anumati)
* अमति (amati)
* असम्मति (asammati)
* असहमति (asahmati)
* कुमति (kumati)
* मतिहीन (matihīn)
* विमति (vimati)
* सम्मति (sammati)
* सहमति (sahmati)
* सुमति (sumati)

### Proper noun

मति • (mati) f
* a female given name, Mati, from Sanskrit

#### Declension
### References

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मति”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: 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.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* mati (Latin script)
* 𑀫𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* মতি (Bengali script)
* මති (Sinhalese script)
* မတိ (Burmese script)
* มติ or มะติ (Thai script)
* ᨾᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
* ມຕິ or ມະຕິ (Lao script)
* មតិ (Khmer script)
* 𑄟𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

### Noun

मति f
* Devanagari script form of mati (“thought”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* মতি (Assamese script)
* ᬫᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
* মতি (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* မတိ (Burmese script)
* મતિ (Gujarati script)
* ਮਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಮತಿ (Kannada script)
* មតិ (Khmer script)
* ມຕິ (Lao script)
* മതി (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
* ମତି (Odia script)
* ꢪꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
* මති (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
* மதி (Tamil script)
* మతి (Telugu script)
* มติ (Thai script)
* མ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

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).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /mɐ.t̪í/, /mɐ́.t̪i/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈmɐ.t̪i/

### Noun

मति • (matí or máti) stem, f
* thought, design, intention, resolution, determination, inclination, wish, desire
* devotion, prayer, worship, hymn, sacred utterance
* opinion, notion, idea, belief, conviction, view, creed
* the mind, perception, understanding, intelligence, sense, judgement
* esteem, respect, regard
* memory, remembrance
* opinion
* a kind of vegetable or pot-herb

#### Descendants

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

### References

* 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 [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 296-7