मृग

मृग

See also: मूँग, मूंग, and माग

Hindi

मृग

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi 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

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬫᬺᬕ (Balinese script)
• মৃগ (Assamese script)
• মৃগ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰴𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀾𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌮𑍃𑌗 (Grantha script)
• મૃગ (Gujarati script)
• ਮ੍ਹਗ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦩꦽꦒ (Javanese script)
• ម្ឫគ (Khmer script)
• ಮೃಗ (Kannada script)
• ມ຺ຣິຄ (Lao script)
• മൃഗ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘦𑘵𑘐 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠷᢈᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
• ᠮᡵᡳᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
• မၖဂ (Burmese script)
• 𑧆𑧖𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐺𑐐 (Newa script)
• ମୃଗ (Oriya script)
• ꢪꢺꢔ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆸𑆓 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖴𑖐 (Siddham script)
• මෘග (Sinhalese script)
• మృగ (Telugu script)
• มฺฤค (Thai script)
• མྲྀ་ག (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒵𑒑 (Tirhuta 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 (murğ, “hen”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

मृग • (mṛgá) m

1. a forest animal, wild beast
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.034.1:

     धारावरा मरुतो धृष्ण्वोजसो मृगा न भीमास्तविषीभिरर्चिनः।

     dhārāvarā maruto dhṛṣṇvojaso mṛgā na bhīmāstaviṣībhirarcinaḥ.

     The Maruts of resistless might who love the rain, resplendent, are terrible like wild beasts in their strength

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

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मृग (mṛgá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मृगः mṛgáḥ	मृगौ mṛgaú	मृगाः / मृगासः¹ mṛgā́ḥ / mṛgā́saḥ¹
Vocative	मृग mṛ́ga	मृगौ mṛ́gau	मृगाः / मृगासः¹ mṛ́gāḥ / mṛ́gāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मृगम् mṛgám	मृगौ mṛgaú	मृगान् mṛgā́n
Instrumental	मृगेण mṛgéṇa	मृगाभ्याम् mṛgā́bhyām	मृगैः / मृगेभिः¹ mṛgaíḥ / mṛgébhiḥ¹
Dative	मृगाय mṛgā́ya	मृगाभ्याम् mṛgā́bhyām	मृगेभ्यः mṛgébhyaḥ
Ablative	मृगात् mṛgā́t	मृगाभ्याम् mṛgā́bhyām	मृगेभ्यः mṛgébhyaḥ
Genitive	मृगस्य mṛgásya	मृगयोः mṛgáyoḥ	मृगाणाम् mṛgā́ṇām
Locative	मृगे mṛgé	मृगयोः mṛgáyoḥ	मृगेषु mṛgéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: mru (“mountain goat”)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀺𑀅 (mia)
• Pali: maga, miga
  • → Thai: มิคะ (mí-ká)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀅 (maa)
• → Bengali: মৃগ (mŕg, “deer”)
• → Kannada: ಮೃಗ (mṛga)
• → Malayalam: മൃഗം (mr̥gaṃ)
• → 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 458052227, page 828.