माटी

Hindi

Etymology

From Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀻 (maṭṭī), from Sanskrit मृत्तिका (mṛttikā). Doublet of मिट्टी (miṭṭī). Compare Gujarati માટી (māṭī), Marathi माती (mātī).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɑː.ʈiː/

Noun

माटी • (māṭī) f

clay
- 2017 November 19, “बच्चों और बड़ों ने मिलकर दिया माटी को नया रूप”, in Dainik Bhaskar:
  
  आखिरी दिन यहां पहुंचे दर्शकों और विजिटर्स को पॉटरी आर्ट से जोड़ने और इस माटी कला की बारीकियों को समझाने के लिए विशेष डेमॉन्सट्रेशन क्लास का आयोजन भी किया गया।
  ākhirī din yahā̃ pahuñce darśakõ aur vijiṭars ko pŏṭrī ārṭ se joṛne aur is māṭī kalā kī bārīkiyõ ko samjhāne ke lie viśeṣ ḍemŏnsaṭreśan klās kā āyojan bhī kiyā gayā.
  On the last day a special demonstration was held for the coming viewers and visitors to explain to them the details of clay art and to involve them in pottery art.
soil, earth
dust

Declension

Declension of माटी
	Singular	Plural
Direct	माटी (māṭī)	माटियाँ (māṭiyā̃)
Oblique	माटी (māṭī)	माटियों (māṭiyõ)
Vocative	माटी (māṭī)	माटियो (māṭiyo)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “माटी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mŕ̊ttikā (10286)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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