मृज्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬫᬺᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
- মৃজ্ (Assamese script)
- মৃজ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰴𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀾𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌮𑍃𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
- મૃજ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮ੍ਹਜੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦩꦽꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
- ម្ឫជ៑ (Khmer script)
- ಮೃಜ್ (Kannada script)
- ມ຺ຣິຊ຺ (Lao script)
- മൃജ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘦𑘵𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠷᢈᠽ (Mongolian script)
- ᠮᡵᡳᡯ (Manchu script)
- မၖဇ် (Burmese script)
- 𑧆𑧖𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐺𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମୃଜ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢪꢺꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆸𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖴𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
- මෘජ් (Sinhalese script)
- మృజ్ (Telugu script)
- มฺฤชฺ (Thai script)
- མྲྀ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒵𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂merǵ- (“to wipe”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀμόργνῡμῐ (omórgnūmi).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mr̩d͡ʑ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mr̩d͡ʑ/
Root
मृज् • (mṛj)
- to wipe, rub, cleanse, polish
- to purify, embellish, adorn
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “मृज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0829.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “मृज्”, 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 125
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “मृज्”, 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
- Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 377
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 280
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0738