मृद्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬫᬺᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
- মৃদ্ (Assamese script)
- মৃদ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰴𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀾𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌮𑍃𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
- મૃદ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮ੍ਹਦੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦩꦽꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
- ម្ឫទ៑ (Khmer script)
- ಮೃದ್ (Kannada script)
- ມ຺ຣິທ຺ (Lao script)
- മൃദ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘦𑘵𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠷᢈᢑ (Mongolian script)
- ᠮᡵᡳᡩ (Manchu script)
- မၖဒ် (Burmese script)
- 𑧆𑧖𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐺𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମୃଦ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢪꢺꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆸𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖴𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
- මෘද් (Sinhalese script)
- మృద్ (Telugu script)
- มฺฤทฺ (Thai script)
- མྲྀ་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒵𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mŕ̩d/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mr̩d̪/
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mr̩d/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mr̩d̪/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *mŕ̥ts, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mŕ̥ts, from Proto-Indo-European *mĺ̥dʰ-s. Cognate with Ancient Greek μάλθη (málthē), Old English molde (whence English mold).
Noun
मृद् • (mŕ̥d) f
- earth, soil, clay
Descendants
- → Tamil: மிருதை (mirutai)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *merd- (“to rub, scrape”), an extension of *mer-. Alternatively, from *meld-, an extension of *mel- (“soft, grind”).
Root
मृद् • (mṛd)
- press, crush, squeeze
- destroy, kill
- rub
- overcome
Derived terms
- मर्दति (mardati)
- मर्दयति (mardayati)
- मृत् (mṛt)
- मृदाति (mṛdāti)
- मृदु (mṛdu)
- मृद्नाति (mṛdnāti)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “मृद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0830.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “मृद्”, 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 126
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “मृद्”, 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 373
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0735