मुद्ग

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मुद्ग (mudgá). Doublet of मूँग (mūṅg).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mʊd̪.ɡᵊ/

Noun

मुद्ग • (mudga) m

1. (rare, formal) a cover, covering, lid
2. the mung bean (Vigna radiata)

Declension

Declension of मुद्ग (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मुद्ग mudga	मुद्ग mudga
oblique	मुद्ग mudga	मुद्गों mudgõ
vocative	मुद्ग mudga	मुद्गो mudgo

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884) “मुद्ग”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মুদ্গ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬸᬤ᭄ᬕ (Balinese script)
• মুদ্গ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰲𑰟𑰿𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• မုဒ္ဂ (Burmese script)
• મુદ્ગ (Gujarati script)
• ਮੁਦ੍ਗ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌗 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦸꦢ꧀ꦒ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂳𑂠𑂹𑂏 (Kaithi script)
• ಮುದ್ಗ (Kannada script)
• មុទ្គ (Khmer script)
• ມຸທ຺ຄ (Lao script)
• മുദ്ഗ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡠᡩᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘳𑘟𑘿𑘐 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠤᢑᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧔𑦿𑧠𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐸𑐡𑑂𑐐 (Newa script)
• ମୁଦ୍ଗ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢸꢣ꣄ꢔ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆶𑆢𑇀𑆓 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖲𑖟𑖿𑖐 (Siddham script)
• මුද‍්ග (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩒𑩭 𑪙𑩞 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚰𑚛𑚶𑚌 (Takri script)
• முத்³க³ (Tamil script)
• ముద్గ (Telugu script)
• มุทฺค (Thai script)
• མུ་དྒ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒳𑒠𑓂𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨃𑨛𑩇𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From मुद् (mud, “to be happy, glad, to rejoice”, root).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mud.ɡɐ́/, [mud̚.ɡɐ́]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmud̪.ɡɐ/, [ˈmud̪̚.ɡɐ]

Noun

मुद्ग • (mudgá) stem, m

1. a cover, covering, lid
2. the mung bean (Vigna radiata)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मुद्ग (mudgá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मुद्गः mudgáḥ	मुद्गौ / मुद्गा¹ mudgaú / mudgā́¹	मुद्गाः / मुद्गासः¹ mudgā́ḥ / mudgā́saḥ¹
Vocative	मुद्ग múdga	मुद्गौ / मुद्गा¹ múdgau / múdgā¹	मुद्गाः / मुद्गासः¹ múdgāḥ / múdgāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मुद्गम् mudgám	मुद्गौ / मुद्गा¹ mudgaú / mudgā́¹	मुद्गान् mudgā́n
Instrumental	मुद्गेन mudgéna	मुद्गाभ्याम् mudgā́bhyām	मुद्गैः / मुद्गेभिः¹ mudgaíḥ / mudgébhiḥ¹
Dative	मुद्गाय mudgā́ya	मुद्गाभ्याम् mudgā́bhyām	मुद्गेभ्यः mudgébhyaḥ
Ablative	मुद्गात् mudgā́t	मुद्गाभ्याम् mudgā́bhyām	मुद्गेभ्यः mudgébhyaḥ
Genitive	मुद्गस्य mudgásya	मुद्गयोः mudgáyoḥ	मुद्गानाम् mudgā́nām
Locative	मुद्गे mudgé	मुद्गयोः mudgáyoḥ	मुद्गेषु mudgéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: mugga
• Prakrit: 𑀫𑀼𑀕𑁆𑀕 (mugga)

  Helu Prakrit:

  • Dhivehi: މުގު (mugu)
  • Sinhalese: මුං (muṁ)

  Magadhi Prakrit:

  • Assamese: মগু (mogu)
  • Bengali: মুগ (mug)
  • Odia: ମୁଗ (mugô)

  Maharastri Prakrit:

  • Marathi: मूग (mūg)

  Paisaci Prakrit:

  • Vracada Apabhramsa:
    • Sindhi:

      Arabic script: مُڱُ

      Devanagari script: मुङु

  Sauraseni Prakrit:

  • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
    • Hindustani: mūṅg

      Hindi: मूँग

      Urdu: مُونگ (mūng)

    • Gurjar Apabhramsa:
      • Gujarati: મગ (mag)
• → Hindi: मुद्ग (mudga) (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “मुद्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 822.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mudga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “मुद्ग”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan