मिथ्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (to exchange) an extension of *mey- (to exchange). Cognate with Latin mutō whence English mutate, mutual; Latin mittō (send) whence English emit, mission, etc.; Proto-Slavic *mьstь (revenge, vengeance); English mis-, miss.

Also cf. Mitra, the Indo-Iranian god of contracts.

Pronunciation

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Root

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मिथ् (mith)

  1. to unite, pair, couple
  2. to meet, alternate, altercate
  3. to dash together

Derived terms

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References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “मिथ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0816.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “मिथ्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 120
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “मिथ्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016