मच्

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Etymology 1[edit]

Probably a phonetic variant of मद् (mad, to rejoice).

Root[edit]

मच् (mac)

  1. to cheat, be wicked or arrogant
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Etymology 2[edit]

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ-, *meh₂ḱ- (to knead), and thus cognate with Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō, to handle, knead) and English make.

Root[edit]

मच् (mac)

  1. to pound, grind
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References[edit]

  • Monier Williams (1899) “मच्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 773/2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 117
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 378
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 548