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) IPA(key): /muːʂ/
Noun
मूष् • (mū́ṣ) m or f
- mouse
- "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 458052227, page 0827.