मृग
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit मृग (mṛgá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥gás.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
मृग • (mŕg) m (Urdu spelling مرگ)
Declension edit
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- মৃগ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬺᬕ (Balinese script)
- মৃগ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰴𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀾𑀕 (Brahmi script)
- မၖဂ (Burmese script)
- મૃગ (Gujarati script)
- ਮ੍ਹਗ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍃𑌗 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦽꦒ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑃂𑂏 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೃಗ (Kannada script)
- ម្ឫគ (Khmer script)
- ມ຺ຣິຄ (Lao script)
- മൃഗ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡵᡳᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘵𑘐 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠷᠢᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧖𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐺𑐐 (Newa script)
- ମୃଗ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢺꢔ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆸𑆓 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖴𑖐 (Siddham script)
- මෘග (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩙𑩞 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚌 (Takri script)
- ம்ரிக³ (Tamil script)
- మృగ (Telugu script)
- มฺฤค (Thai script)
- མྲྀ་ག (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒵𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨼𑨉𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥gás (“forest animal”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬀 (mərəγa, “bird”), Sogdian 𐼺𐽀𐼲𐼷 (mrɣy, “bird”). Also related to Persian مرغ (morğ, “hen”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
मृग • (mṛgá) stem, m
- a forest animal, wild beast
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.34.1:
- धा॒रा॒व॒रा म॒रुतो॑ धृ॒ष्ण्वो॑जसो मृ॒गा न भी॒मास्तवि॑षीभिर॒र्चिन॑:।
अ॒ग्नयो॒ न शु॑शुचा॒ना ऋ॑जी॒षिणो॒ भृमिं॒ धम॑न्तो॒ अप॒ गा अ॑वृण्वत॥- dhārāvarā́ marúto dhṛṣṇvòjaso mṛgā́ ná bhīmā́stáviṣībhirarcína:.
agnáyo ná śuśucānā́ ṛjīṣíṇo bhṛ́miṃ dhámanto ápa gā́ avṛṇvata. - The Maruts, shedders of showers, endowed with resistless might, like formidable wild beasts, reverencing the world by their energies, resplendent as fires, laden with water, and blowing about the wandering cloud, give vent to its collected rain.
- dhārāvarā́ marúto dhṛṣṇvòjaso mṛgā́ ná bhīmā́stáviṣībhirarcína:.
- धा॒रा॒व॒रा म॒रुतो॑ धृ॒ष्ण्वो॑जसो मृ॒गा न भी॒मास्तवि॑षीभिर॒र्चिन॑:।
- (especially) a deer, gazelle, antelope, stag, musk-deer
Declension edit
| Masculine a-stem declension of मृग (mṛgá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | मृगः mṛgáḥ |
मृगौ / मृगा¹ mṛgaú / mṛgā́¹ |
मृगाः / मृगासः¹ mṛgā́ḥ / mṛgā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | मृग mṛ́ga |
मृगौ / मृगा¹ mṛ́gau / mṛ́gā¹ |
मृगाः / मृगासः¹ mṛ́gāḥ / mṛ́gāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | मृगम् mṛgám |
मृगौ / मृगा¹ mṛgaú / mṛgā́¹ |
मृगान् mṛgā́n |
| Instrumental | मृगेण mṛgéṇa |
मृगाभ्याम् mṛgā́bhyām |
मृगैः / मृगेभिः¹ mṛgaíḥ / mṛgébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | मृगाय mṛgā́ya |
मृगाभ्याम् mṛgā́bhyām |
मृगेभ्यः mṛgébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | मृगात् mṛgā́t |
मृगाभ्याम् mṛgā́bhyām |
मृगेभ्यः mṛgébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | मृगस्य mṛgásya |
मृगयोः mṛgáyoḥ |
मृगाणाम् mṛgā́ṇām |
| Locative | मृगे mṛgé |
मृगयोः mṛgáyoḥ |
मृगेषु mṛgéṣu |
| Notes |
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Descendants edit
- Dardic:
- Kalasha: mru (“mountain goat”)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀺𑀅 (mia)
- Pali: maga, miga
- → Thai: มิคะ (mí-ká)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀅 (maa)
- → Bengali: মৃগ (mrig, “deer”)
- → Kannada: ಮೃಗ (mṛga)
- → Malayalam: മൃഗം (mr̥gaṁ)
- → Tamil: மிருகம் (mirukam)
- → Thai: มฤค (má-rʉ́k)
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “मृग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 828/2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 370-1