मृड्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬫᬺᬟ᭄ (Balinese script)
- মৃড্ (Assamese script)
- মৃড্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰴𑰚𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀾𑀟𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌮𑍃𑌡𑍍 (Grantha script)
- મૃડ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮ੍ਹਡੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦩꦽꦝ꧀ (Javanese script)
- ម្ឫឌ៑ (Khmer script)
- ಮೃಡ್ (Kannada script)
- ມ຺ຣິຑ຺ (Lao script)
- മൃഡ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘦𑘵𑘚𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠷᢈᢎ (Mongolian script)
- ᠮᡵᡳᡷ (Manchu script)
- မၖဍ် (Burmese script)
- 𑧆𑧖𑦺𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐺𑐜𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମୃଡ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢪꢺꢞ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆸𑆝𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖴𑖚𑖿 (Siddham script)
- මෘඩ් (Sinhalese script)
- మృడ్ (Telugu script)
- มฺฤฑฺ (Thai script)
- མྲྀ་ཌ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒵𑒛𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥žd- (“to forgive, spare, to pity”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mr̩ɖ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mr̩ɖ/
Root
मृड् • (mṛḍ)
- to be gracious or favorable
- to pardon, spare
- to treat kindly, make happy, delight
Derived terms
- मृडति (mṛḍáti)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “मृड्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0829.
- 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), “मृड्”, 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