मृग

See also: मूँग, मूंग, and माग

Hindi

मृग

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मृग (mṛgá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥gás.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /mɾɪɡ/

Noun

मृग • (mŕg) m (Urdu spelling مرگ)

1. deer

   Synonym: हिरन (hiran)

2. antelope

Declension

Declension of मृग (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मृग mŕg	मृग mŕg
oblique	मृग mŕg	मृगों mŕgõ
vocative	मृग mŕg	मृगो mŕgo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মৃগ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬺᬕ (Balinese script)
• মৃগ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰴𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀾𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• မၖဂ (Burmese script)
• મૃગ (Gujarati script)
• ਮ੍ਰਗ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍃𑌗 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦽꦒ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑃂𑂏 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೃಗ (Kannada script)
• ម្ឫគ (Khmer script)
• ມ຺ຣິຄ (Lao script)
• മൃഗ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡵᡳᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘵𑘐 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠷᠢᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧖𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐺𑐐 (Newa script)
• ମୃଗ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢺꢔ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆸𑆓 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖴𑖐 (Siddham script)
• මෘග (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩙𑩞 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚌 (Takri script)
• ம்ரிக³ (Tamil script)
• మృగ (Telugu script)
• มฺฤค (Thai script)
• མྲྀ་ག (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒵𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨼𑨉𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥gás (“forest animal”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬀 (mər^əγa, “bird”), Sogdian 𐼺𐽀𐼲𐼷 (mrɣy, “bird”). Also related to Persian مرغ (morġ, “hen”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mr̩.ɡɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mr̩.ɡɐ/

Noun

मृ॒ग • (mṛgá) stem, m

1. a forest animal, wild beast
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.34.1:

     धा॒रा॒व॒रा म॒रुतो॑ धृ॒ष्ण्वो॑जसो मृ॒गा न भी॒मास्तवि॑षीभिर॒र्चिनः॑।
     अ॒ग्नयो॒ न शु॑शुचा॒ना ऋ॑जी॒षिणो॒ भृमिं॒ धम॑न्तो॒ अप॒ गा अ॑वृण्वत॥

     dhārāvarā́ marúto dhṛṣṇvòjaso mṛgā́ ná bhīmā́stáviṣībhirarcínaḥ.
     agnáyo ná śuśucānā́ ṛjīṣíṇo bhṛ́miṃ dhámanto ápa gā́ avṛṇvata.

     The Maruts, shedders of showers, endowed with resistless might, like formidable wild beasts, reverencing the world by their energies, resplendent as fires, laden with water, and blowing about the wandering cloud, give vent to its collected rain.

2. (especially) a deer, gazelle, antelope, stag, musk-deer

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मृ॒ग

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मृ॒गः (mṛgáḥ)	मृ॒गौ (mṛgáu) मृ॒गा¹ (mṛgā́¹)	मृ॒गाः (mṛgā́ḥ) मृ॒गासः॑¹ (mṛgā́saḥ¹)
accusative	मृ॒गम् (mṛgám)	मृ॒गौ (mṛgáu) मृ॒गा¹ (mṛgā́¹)	मृ॒गान् (mṛgā́n)
instrumental	मृ॒गेण॑ (mṛgéṇa)	मृ॒गाभ्या॑म् (mṛgā́bhyām)	मृ॒गैः (mṛgáiḥ) मृ॒गेभिः॑¹ (mṛgébhiḥ¹)
dative	मृ॒गाय॑ (mṛgā́ya)	मृ॒गाभ्या॑म् (mṛgā́bhyām)	मृ॒गेभ्यः॑ (mṛgébhyaḥ)
ablative	मृ॒गात् (mṛgā́t)	मृ॒गाभ्या॑म् (mṛgā́bhyām)	मृ॒गेभ्यः॑ (mṛgébhyaḥ)
genitive	मृ॒गस्य॑ (mṛgásya)	मृ॒गयोः॑ (mṛgáyoḥ)	मृ॒गाणा॑म् (mṛgā́ṇām)
locative	मृ॒गे (mṛgé)	मृ॒गयोः॑ (mṛgáyoḥ)	मृ॒गेषु॑ (mṛgéṣu)
vocative	मृग॑ (mṛ́ga)	मृगौ॑ (mṛ́gau) मृगा॑¹ (mṛ́gā¹)	मृगाः॑ (mṛ́gāḥ) मृगा॑सः¹ (mṛ́gāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• मृगतृष्णा (mṛgatṛṣṇā)

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: mru (“mountain goat”)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀺𑀅 (mia)
• Pali: maga, miga
  • → Thai: มิคะ (mí-ká)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀅 (maa)
• → Bengali: মৃগ (mrig, “deer”)
• → Kannada: ಮೃಗ (mṛga)
• → Malayalam: മൃഗം (mr̥gaṁ)
• → Tamil: மிருகம் (mirukam)
• → Thai: มฤค (má-rʉ́k)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “मृग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 828/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 370-1