मूष्
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s. Cognate with Latin mūs, Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs), Persian موش (muš), Old Church Slavonic мꙑшь (myšĭ), Old English mūs (English mouse).
Pronunciation
Noun
मूष् • (mū́ṣ) m or f
- mouse
- "stealer", "thief" (literal meaning from verbal root √muṣ)
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मूष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0827.