मूषिक

See also: मुष्क and मूषक

Sanskrit

Etymology

From मूष् (mūṣ, “to steal, rob, plunder”)

Noun

मूषिक • (mūṣika) stem, m

1. rat, mouse

Descendants

• Tamil: மூஷிகம் (mūṣikam), மூடிகம் (mūṭikam)
• Telugu: మూషికము (mūṣikamu)

References

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