मीळ्ह

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• मीढ (mīḍhá)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *miẓḍʰám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *miždʰám, from Proto-Indo-European *misdʰóm. Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬍𐬲𐬛𐬀 (mīžda), Persian مزد (mozd), Ancient Greek μισθός (misthós, “wage”), Old Church Slavonic мьзда (mĭzda, “reward”), Old English mēd (whence English meed).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /miː.ɭ̆ʱɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmiː.ɭ̆ʱɐ/

Noun

मीळ्ह • (mīḷhá) stem, n

1. (Vedic) contest, strife
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.46.4

     बाधसे जनान्वृषभेव मन्युना घृषौ मीळ्ह ऋचीषम ।
     अस्माकं बोध्यविता महाधने तनूष्वप्सु सूर्ये ॥

     bādhase janānvṛṣabheva manyunā ghṛṣau mīḷha ṛcīṣama.
     asmākaṃ bodhyavitā mahādhane tanūṣvapsu sūrye.

     Rcisama, thou forcest men as with a bull, with anger, in the furious fray.
     Be thou our Helper in the mighty battle fought for sunlight, water, and for life.

2. reward, remuneration

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of मीळ्ह (mīḷhá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मीळ्हम् mīḷhám	मीळ्हे mīḷhé	मीळ्हानि / मीळ्हा¹ mīḷhā́ni / mīḷhā́¹
Vocative	मीळ्ह mī́ḷha	मीळ्हे mī́ḷhe	मीळ्हानि / मीळ्हा¹ mī́ḷhāni / mī́ḷhā¹
Accusative	मीळ्हम् mīḷhám	मीळ्हे mīḷhé	मीळ्हानि / मीळ्हा¹ mīḷhā́ni / mīḷhā́¹
Instrumental	मीळ्हेन mīḷhéna	मीळ्हाभ्याम् mīḷhā́bhyām	मीळ्हैः / मीळ्हेभिः¹ mīḷhaíḥ / mīḷhébhiḥ¹
Dative	मीळ्हाय mīḷhā́ya	मीळ्हाभ्याम् mīḷhā́bhyām	मीळ्हेभ्यः mīḷhébhyaḥ
Ablative	मीळ्हात् mīḷhā́t	मीळ्हाभ्याम् mīḷhā́bhyām	मीळ्हेभ्यः mīḷhébhyaḥ
Genitive	मीळ्हस्य mīḷhásya	मीळ्हयोः mīḷháyoḥ	मीळ्हानाम् mīḷhā́nām
Locative	मीळ्हे mīḷhé	मीळ्हयोः mīḷháyoḥ	मीळ्हेषु mīḷhéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मीळ्ह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 818.