मूष्

See also: मेष and मषि

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /múːʂ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /muːʂ/

Noun

मूष् • (mū́ṣ) m or f

1. mouse
2. "stealer", "thief" (literal meaning from verbal root √muṣ)

Derived terms

• मूष (mūṣa)
• मूषक (mūṣaka)
• मूषण (mūṣaṇa)
• मूषिक (mūṣika)
• मूषी (mūṣī)
• मुष्क (muṣka)

References

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