मृध्
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Alternative scripts[edit]
Alternative scripts
- মৃধ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬺᬥ᭄ (Balinese script)
- মৃধ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰴𑰠𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀾𑀥𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- မၖဓ် (Burmese script)
- મૃધ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮ੍ਰਧ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍃𑌧𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦽꦣ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑃂𑂡𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೃಧ್ (Kannada script)
- ម្ឫធ៑ (Khmer script)
- ມ຺ຣິຘ຺ (Lao script)
- മൃധ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡵᡳᢡ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘵𑘠𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠷᠢᢑᠾ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧖𑧀𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐺𑐢𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମୃଧ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢺꢤ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆸𑆣𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖴𑖠𑖿 (Siddham script)
- මෘධ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩙𑩮 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚜𑚶 (Takri script)
- ம்ரித்⁴ (Tamil script)
- మృధ్ (Telugu script)
- มฺฤธฺ (Thai script)
- མྲྀ་དྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒵𑒡𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨼𑨉𑨜𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain. Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *méldʰ-e-ti (“to abandon”);[1] or from *mel-dʰeh₁- an extension of *(s)mel- (“false, bad”);[2] or from an extension of *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”) (see there).
Pronunciation[edit]
Root[edit]
मृध् • (mṛdh)
Derived terms[edit]
- मर्धति (márdhati)
References[edit]
- ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*meldʰ-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 431
- ^ Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2011–2023) “*meldʰ-”, in Addenda und Corrigenda zu LIV²[1], page 60
- ^ Only found in: Monier Williams (1899) “मृध्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0830.
Further reading[edit]
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “मृध्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 126
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “मृध्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 328f.
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 345
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “716-719”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 716-719