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Etymology edit

A borrowing from a local language, probably Austroasiatic; compare Mon မြေက် (mrek) and Khmer ម្រេច (mrɨc), as well as Proto-Dravidian *miḷVku, the latter which probably also borrowed from the same source as the Sanskrit. The Sanskrit form is the source of borrowings into Iranian, Turkic, and other Western languages; compare Persian مرچ (murč), Kyrgyz мурч (murc), and Hungarian bors.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

मरिच (marica) stemm

  1. the pepper shrub

Declension edit

Masculine a-stem declension of मरिच (marica)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मरिचः
maricaḥ
मरिचौ / मरिचा¹
maricau / maricā¹
मरिचाः / मरिचासः¹
maricāḥ / maricāsaḥ¹
Vocative मरिच
marica
मरिचौ / मरिचा¹
maricau / maricā¹
मरिचाः / मरिचासः¹
maricāḥ / maricāsaḥ¹
Accusative मरिचम्
maricam
मरिचौ / मरिचा¹
maricau / maricā¹
मरिचान्
maricān
Instrumental मरिचेन
maricena
मरिचाभ्याम्
maricābhyām
मरिचैः / मरिचेभिः¹
maricaiḥ / maricebhiḥ¹
Dative मरिचाय
maricāya
मरिचाभ्याम्
maricābhyām
मरिचेभ्यः
maricebhyaḥ
Ablative मरिचात्
maricāt
मरिचाभ्याम्
maricābhyām
मरिचेभ्यः
maricebhyaḥ
Genitive मरिचस्य
maricasya
मरिचयोः
maricayoḥ
मरिचानाम्
maricānām
Locative मरिचे
marice
मरिचयोः
maricayoḥ
मरिचेषु
mariceṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

See also edit

References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “मरिच”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 790, column 1.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “marica”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 567
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 321
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 588