मृक्ष्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• म्रक्ष् (mrakṣ)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মৃক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬺᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• মৃক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰴𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀾𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• မၖက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
• મૃક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਮ੍ਰਕ੍ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍃𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦽꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑃂𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೃಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
• ម្ឫក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ມ຺ຣິກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
• മൃക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡵᡳᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘵𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠷᠢᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧖𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐺𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ମୃକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢺꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆸𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖴𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• මෘක්‍ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩙𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚊𑚶𑚶 (Takri script)
• ம்ரிக்ஷ் (Tamil script)
• మృక్ష్ (Telugu script)
• มฺฤกฺษฺ (Thai script)
• མྲྀ་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒵𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨼𑨉𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably a desiderative from मृज् (mṛj, “to wipe, rub”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃merǵ- (“to wipe”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mr̩kʂ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mr̩kʂ/

Root

मृक्ष् • (mṛkṣ)

1. to rub, stroke, smear

Derived terms

• मृक्ष (mṛkṣa)
• मृक्षति (mṛkṣati)
• मृक्षिन् (mṛkṣin)
• म्रक्षण (mrakṣaṇa)
• म्रक्षति (mrakṣati)
• म्रक्षयति (mrakṣayati)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मृक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages मृक्ष्, 828/1, 837/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 370