मिह्
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₃mígʰs, from *h₃meygʰ- (“fog, mist, cloud”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀμίχλη (omíkhlē, “fog, mist”), Lithuanian miglà (“mist, haze”), English mist. Also related to मेघ (meghá, “cloud”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /míɦ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /miɦ/
Noun
मिह् • (míh) f
- mist, fog, haze
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.7.3:
- वपन्ति मरुतो मिहं प्र वेपयन्ति पर्वतान् ।
- vapanti maruto mihaṃ pra vepayanti parvatān .
- The Maruts spread the mist abroad and make mountains rock and reel
- वपन्ति मरुतो मिहं प्र वेपयन्ति पर्वतान् ।