मृश्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• मर्श् (marś)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মৃশ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬺᬰ᭄ (Balinese script)
• মৃশ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰴𑰫𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀾𑀰𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• မၖၐ် (Burmese script)
• મૃશ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਮ੍ਰਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍃𑌶𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦽꦯ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑃂𑂬𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೃಶ್ (Kannada script)
• ម្ឫឝ៑ (Khmer script)
• ມ຺ຣິຨ຺ (Lao script)
• മൃശ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡵᡳᡧ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘵𑘫𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠷᠢᠱ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧖𑧋𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐺𑐱𑑂 (Newa script)
• ମୃଶ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢺꢯ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆸𑆯𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖴𑖫𑖿 (Siddham script)
• මෘශ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩙𑩿 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚧𑚶 (Takri script)
• ம்ரிஶ் (Tamil script)
• మృశ్ (Telugu script)
• มฺฤศฺ (Thai script)
• མྲྀ་ཤ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒵𑒬𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨼𑨉𑨮𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *melk- or *melǵ-; compare Latin mulceō (“to stroke, touch lightly”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mr̩ɕ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mr̩ɕ/

Root

मृश् • (mṛś)

1. to touch, stroke, handle
2. to touch mentally, consider, reflect, deliberate

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मृश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0831.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “मृश्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 126
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “मृश्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 331-2; 373

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 0724, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0724