मृत्यु
Appearance
Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मृत्यु (mṛtyu).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]मृत्यु • (mŕtyu) f (Urdu spelling مرتیو)
- death
- Synonym: मौत (maut)
- यह रोगी मृत्यु के द्वार पर है।
- yah rogī mŕtyu ke dvār par hai.
- This patient is on the verge of death.
- जीवन और मृत्यु का प्रश्न है।
- jīvan aur mŕtyu kā praśna hai.
- It is a question of life and death.
- personification of Yama, the God of death
Declension
[edit]Declension of मृत्यु (fem u-stem)
Derived terms
[edit]- इच्छामृत्यु (icchāmŕtyu)
- मृत्युदंड (mŕtyudaṇḍ)
Further reading
[edit]- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “मृत्यु”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- মৃত্যু (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬺᬢ᭄ᬬᬸ (Balinese script)
- মৃত্যু (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰴𑰝𑰿𑰧𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀾𑀢𑁆𑀬𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- မၖတျု (Burmese script)
- મૃત્યુ (Gujarati script)
- ਮ੍ਰਤ੍ਯੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌯𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦽꦠꦾꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑃂𑂞𑂹𑂨𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೃತ್ಯು (Kannada script)
- ម្ឫត្យុ (Khmer script)
- ມ຺ຣິຕ຺ຍຸ (Lao script)
- മൃത്യു (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡵᡳᢠᠶᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘵𑘝𑘿𑘧𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠷᠢᢐᠶ᠋ᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧖𑦽𑧠𑧇𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐺𑐟𑑂𑐫𑐸 (Newa script)
- ମୃତ୍ଯୁ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢺꢡ꣄ꢫꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆸𑆠𑇀𑆪𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖴𑖝𑖿𑖧𑖲 (Siddham script)
- මෘත්යු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩙𑩫 𑪙𑩻𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚙𑚶𑚣𑚰 (Takri script)
- ம்ரித்யு (Tamil script)
- మృత్యు (Telugu script)
- มฺฤตฺยุ (Thai script)
- མྲྀ་ཏྱུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒵𑒞𑓂𑒨𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨼𑨉𑨙𑩇𑨪𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥tyúš (“death”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬌𐬌𐬎 (mərəθiiu), Old Persian 𐎶𐎼𐏁𐎡𐎹 (m-r-š-i-y /məršiyu/), Lithuanian mirtis, Latin mors.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]मृत्यु • (mṛtyú) stem, m or f
- death, dying
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.59.12:
- त्र्य॑म्बकं यजामहे सु॒गन्धिं॑ पुष्टि॒वर्ध॑नम् ।
उ॒र्वा॒रु॒कम् इ॑व॒ बन्ध॑नान् मृ॒त्योर् मु॑क्षीय॒ मामृता॑त् ॥- tryàmbakaṃ yajāmahe sugándhiṃ puṣṭivárdhanam.
urvārukám iva bándhanān mṛtyór mukṣīya mā́mṛ́tāt. - Tryambaka we worship, sweet augmenter of prosperity.
As from its stem the cucumber, so may I be released from death, not reft of immortality.
- tryàmbakaṃ yajāmahe sugándhiṃ puṣṭivárdhanam.
- त्र्य॑म्बकं यजामहे सु॒गन्धिं॑ पुष्टि॒वर्ध॑नम् ।
- death personified, the god of death, identified with Yama
- (astrology) name of the 8th house
- (astrology) name of the 17th yoga
Declension
[edit]Masculine u-stem declension of मृत्यु (mṛtyú) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | मृत्युः mṛtyúḥ |
मृत्यू mṛtyū́ |
मृत्यवः mṛtyávaḥ |
Vocative | मृत्यो mṛ́tyo |
मृत्यू mṛ́tyū |
मृत्यवः mṛ́tyavaḥ |
Accusative | मृत्युम् mṛtyúm |
मृत्यू mṛtyū́ |
मृत्यून् mṛtyū́n |
Instrumental | मृत्युना / मृत्य्वा¹ mṛtyúnā / mṛtyvā́¹ |
मृत्युभ्याम् mṛtyúbhyām |
मृत्युभिः mṛtyúbhiḥ |
Dative | मृत्यवे mṛtyáve |
मृत्युभ्याम् mṛtyúbhyām |
मृत्युभ्यः mṛtyúbhyaḥ |
Ablative | मृत्योः mṛtyóḥ |
मृत्युभ्याम् mṛtyúbhyām |
मृत्युभ्यः mṛtyúbhyaḥ |
Genitive | मृत्योः mṛtyóḥ |
मृत्य्वोः mṛtyvóḥ |
मृत्यूनाम् mṛtyūnā́m |
Locative | मृत्यौ mṛtyaú |
मृत्य्वोः mṛtyvóḥ |
मृत्युषु mṛtyúṣu |
Notes |
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Feminine u-stem declension of मृत्यु (mṛtyú) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | मृत्युः mṛtyúḥ |
मृत्यू mṛtyū́ |
मृत्यवः mṛtyávaḥ |
Vocative | मृत्यो mṛ́tyo |
मृत्यू mṛ́tyū |
मृत्यवः mṛ́tyavaḥ |
Accusative | मृत्युम् mṛtyúm |
मृत्यू mṛtyū́ |
मृत्यूः mṛtyū́ḥ |
Instrumental | मृत्य्वा mṛtyvā́ |
मृत्युभ्याम् mṛtyúbhyām |
मृत्युभिः mṛtyúbhiḥ |
Dative | मृत्यवे / मृत्य्वै¹ mṛtyáve / mṛtyvaí¹ |
मृत्युभ्याम् mṛtyúbhyām |
मृत्युभ्यः mṛtyúbhyaḥ |
Ablative | मृत्योः / मृत्य्वाः¹ / मृत्य्वै² mṛtyóḥ / mṛtyvā́ḥ¹ / mṛtyvaí² |
मृत्युभ्याम् mṛtyúbhyām |
मृत्युभ्यः mṛtyúbhyaḥ |
Genitive | मृत्योः / मृत्य्वाः¹ / मृत्य्वै² mṛtyóḥ / mṛtyvā́ḥ¹ / mṛtyvaí² |
मृत्य्वोः mṛtyvóḥ |
मृत्यूनाम् mṛtyūnā́m |
Locative | मृत्यौ / मृत्य्वाम्¹ mṛtyaú / mṛtyvā́m¹ |
मृत्य्वोः mṛtyvóḥ |
मृत्युषु mṛtyúṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
[edit]- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀼 (maccu)
- Pali: maccu
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Hindi: मीच (mīc)
- → Assamese: মৃত্যু (mriittu)
- → Bengali: মৃত্যু (mrittu)
- → Gujarati: મૃત્યુ (mŕtyu)
- → Hindi: मृत्यु (mŕtyu)
- → Kannada: ಮೃತ್ಯು (mṛtyu)
- → Khmer: ម្រឹត្យ (mrɨtyɔɔ)
- → Javanese: mreti (kawi class)
- → Thai: มฤตยู (má-rʉ́t-dtà-yuu)
- → Marathi: मृत्यू (mŕtyū)
- → Tamil: மிருத்தியு (miruttiyu)
- → Telugu: మృత్యువు (mr̥tyuvu)
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “मृत्यु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0827.
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- Hindi terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Hindi terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mer- (die)
- Hindi terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
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