मिल्
Sanskrit
editAlternative scripts
edit- মিল্ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬶᬮ᭄ (Balinese script)
- মিল্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰰𑰩𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀺𑀮𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- မိလ် (Burmese script)
- મિલ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਿਲ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌿𑌲𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦶꦭ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂱𑂪𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಿಲ್ (Kannada script)
- មិល៑ (Khmer script)
- ມິລ຺ (Lao script)
- മില് (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡳᠯ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘱𑘩𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠢᠯ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧒𑧉𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐶𑐮𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମିଲ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢶꢭ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆴𑆬𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖰𑖩𑖿 (Siddham script)
- මිල් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩑𑩽 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚮𑚥𑚶 (Takri script)
- மில் (Tamil script)
- మిల్ (Telugu script)
- มิลฺ (Thai script)
- མི་ལ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒱𑒪𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨁𑨬𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
editOf uncertain origin and not attested in Vedic Sanskrit. Tedesco reconstructs this late root as a Sanskritization of early Prakrit *𑀫𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀳 (*milha, “mixed”), from मिश्र (miśra, “mixed”).[1] Mayrhofer supports this and also notes Vedic l-variant मिश्ल (miśla, “mixed”) from which this root would be derived.
Turner rejects this origin on the basis that this root and its descendants show no evidence of the aspiration of -l- and Prakrit *𑀫𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀳 (*milha, “mixed”) is unattested in favor of 𑀫𑀺𑀲 (misa), 𑀫𑀻𑀲 (mīsa), 𑀫𑀺𑀲𑁆𑀲 (missa). He instead reconstructs mil ~ mēl ~ miḍ as a differentiation of older मील् (mīl, “to close the eyes”), undergoing a semantic shift evidenced by Vedic मीलित (mīlita, “closed, together, met”).
Pronunciation
editRoot
editमिल् • (mil)[2][3][4][5] (Classical Sanskrit)
- to meet (as friends or foes); to encounter; to join; to fall in with; to come together; to assemble; to concur; to combine
Derived terms
edit- मिलति (milati)
References
edit- ^ P. M. Tedesco (1953) “Sanskrit Ā-mreḍ- ‘To Repeat’”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society[1], volume 73, number 2, American Oriental Society, page 80b
- ^ Monier Williams (1899) “मिल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 817, column 3.
- ^ William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 121
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 405
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][3] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 640