# अमात्य
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अमात्य (amātya).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ə.mɑːt̪.jᵊ/, [ɐ.mäːt̪.jᵊ]

### Noun

अमात्य • (amātya) m
* minister, counselor
    Synonyms: मंत्री (mantrī), वज़ीर (vazīr)
** 2018–2019, “Chanakya's Proposal”, in Chandragupta Maurya (2018 TV series), episode 1, spoken by Cāṇakya (Tarun Khanna), via Sony Entertainment Television:एक अमात्य का परम कर्तव्य होता है अपने सम्राट की आज्ञा का पूर्ण रूप से पालन करना। अमात्य राक्षस, आपका स्थान तो सम्राट के पास [है]। यहाँ आने का अभिप्राय?ek amātya kā param kartavya hotā hai apne samrāṭ kī ājñā kā pūrṇ rūp se pālan karnā. amātya rākṣas, āpkā sthān to samrāṭ ke pās [hai]. yahā̃ āne kā abhiprāy?It is the ultimate duty of a minister to fulfil the orders of his emperor completely. Minister Rākṣasa, your place is with the emperor. What is the purpose of coming here?

#### Declension
### References

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अमात्य”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 291
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अमात्य”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 52

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* অমাত্য (Assamese script)
* ᬅᬫᬵᬢ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
* অমাত্য (Bengali script)
* 𑰀𑰦𑰯𑰝𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀅𑀫𑀸𑀢𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* အမာတျ (Burmese script)
* અમાત્ય (Gujarati script)
* ਅਮਾਤ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌅𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦩꦴꦠꦾ (Javanese script)
* 𑂃𑂧𑂰𑂞𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
* ಅಮಾತ್ಯ (Kannada script)
* អមាត្យ (Khmer script)
* ອມາຕ຺ຍ (Lao script)
* അമാത്യ (Malayalam script)
* ᠠᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘀𑘦𑘰𑘝𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
* ᠠᠮᠠᢗᢐᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦠𑧆𑧑𑦽𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐀𑐩𑐵𑐟𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
* ଅମାତ୍ଯ (Odia script)
* ꢂꢪꢵꢡ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆃𑆩𑆳𑆠𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
* 𑖀𑖦𑖯𑖝𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
* අමාත්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩴𑩛𑩫 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚀𑚢𑚭𑚙𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
* அமாத்ய (Tamil script)
* అమాత్య (Telugu script)
* อมาตฺย (Thai script)
* ཨ་མཱ་ཏྱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒁𑒧𑒰𑒞𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨢𑨊𑨙𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From अमा (amā́, “at home, in the house”) +‎ -त्य (-tya).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐ.mɑ́ːt.jɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɐ.mɑːt̪.jɐ/

### Noun

अमात्य • (amā́tya) stem, m
* inmate of the same house, belonging to the same house or family, relative; companion
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.15.3:स नो वेदो अमात्यम् अग्नी रक्षतु विश्वतः । उतास्मान् पात्व् अंहसः ॥sa no vedo amātyam agnī rakṣatu viśvataḥ. utāsmān pātv aṃhasaḥ.May Agni guard our household folk and property from all sides; May he protect us from trouble.
* a king's companion; minister, confidant, counselor
** c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.42.35:कंसः परिवृतो ऽमात्यै राजमञ्च उपाविशत् । मण्डलेश्वरमध्यस्थो हृदयेन विदूयता ॥kaṃsaḥ parivṛto ʼmātyai rājamañca upāviśat. maṇḍaleśvaramadhyastho hṛdayena vidūyatā.With trembling heart, Kaṃsa took his seat on the imperial dais, surrounded by his ministers and provincial rulers.

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* Pali: amacca
* Prakrit: 𑀅𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀘 (amacca)
* → Burmese: အမတ် (a.mat)
* → Hindi: अमात्य (amātya)
* → Telugu: అమాత్యుడు (amātyuḍu)
* → Thai: อำมาตย์ (am-màat)
* → English: amātya, amatya (transliteration)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “अमात्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 81.
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “amātya”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “अमात्य”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 202
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “amā́tya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 25
* Vishvanath Shastri, Nigamanand Shastri, Lakshminarayan Shastri (2009) श्रीवरदराजप्रणीता लघुसिद्धान्तकौमुदी [śrīvaradarājapraṇītā laghusiddhāntakaumudī, Laghusiddhāntakaumudī of Varadarāja], Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, →ISBN, page 291
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 95