मृत्यु

See also: मृत्य

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मृत्यु (mṛtyú).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɾɪt̪.juː/

Noun

मृत्यु • (mŕtyu) f (Urdu spelling مرتیو‎)

1. death

   यह रोगी मृत्यु के द्वार पर है।

   yah rogī mŕtyu ke dvār par hai.

   This patient is on the verge of death.

   जीवन और मृत्यु का प्रश्न है।

   jīvan aur mŕtyu kā praśna hai.

   It is a question of life and death.

2. personification of Yama, the God of death

Synonyms

• मौत (maut)

Derived terms

• इच्छामृत्यु (icchāmŕtyu)
• मृत्युदंड (mŕtyudaṇḍ)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “मृत्यु”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *mr̥tyúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥tyúš (“death”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬌𐬌𐬎‎ (mərəθiiu), Old Persian [script needed] (məršiyu), Lithuanian mirtis, Latin mors.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mr̩t̪.jú/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmr̩t̪.ju/

Noun

मृत्यु • (mṛtyú) m

1. death, dying
2. Death personified, the god of disease
3. name of the god of love
4. name of a particular ekāha
5. (astrology) name of the 8th house
6. (astrology) name of the 17th yoga

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of मृत्यु (mṛtyú)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मृत्युः mṛtyúḥ	मृत्यू mṛtyū́	मृत्यवः mṛtyávaḥ
Vocative	मृत्यो mṛ́tyo	मृत्यू mṛ́tyū	मृत्यवः mṛ́tyavaḥ
Accusative	मृत्युम् mṛtyúm	मृत्यू mṛtyū́	मृत्यून् mṛtyū́n
Instrumental	मृत्युना / मृत्य्वा¹ mṛtyúnā / mṛtyvā̀¹	मृत्युभ्याम् mṛtyúbhyām	मृत्युभिः mṛtyúbhiḥ
Dative	मृत्यवे / मृत्य्वे² mṛtyáve / mṛtyvè²	मृत्युभ्याम् mṛtyúbhyām	मृत्युभ्यः mṛtyúbhyaḥ
Ablative	मृत्योः / मृत्य्वः² mṛtyóḥ / mṛtyvàḥ²	मृत्युभ्याम् mṛtyúbhyām	मृत्युभ्यः mṛtyúbhyaḥ
Genitive	मृत्योः / मृत्य्वः² mṛtyóḥ / mṛtyvàḥ²	मृत्य्वोः mṛtyvóḥ	मृत्यूनाम् mṛtyūnā́m
Locative	मृत्यौ mṛtyaú	मृत्य्वोः mṛtyvóḥ	मृत्युषु mṛtyúṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Less common

Descendants

• Pali: maccu
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀼 (maccu)
• → Assamese: মৃত্যু (mriittu)
• → Bengali: মৃত্যু (mritju)
• → Gujarati: મૃત્યુ (mṛtyu)
• → Hindi: मृत्यु (mŕtyu)
• → Kannada: ಮೃತ್ಯು (mrutyu)
• → Marathi: मृत्यु (mrutyu)
• → Tamil: மிருத்தியு (miruttiyu)
• → Telugu: మృత్యువు (mr̥tyuvu)
• → Thai: มฤตยู (má-rʉ́t-dtà-yuu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “मृत्यु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0827.