मृध्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬫᬺᬥ᭄ (Balinese script)
- মৃধ্ (Assamese script)
- মৃধ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰴𑰠𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀾𑀥𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌮𑍃𑌧𑍍 (Grantha script)
- મૃધ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮ੍ਹਧੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦩꦽꦣ꧀ (Javanese script)
- ម្ឫធ៑ (Khmer script)
- ಮೃಧ್ (Kannada script)
- ມ຺ຣິຘ຺ (Lao script)
- മൃധ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘦𑘵𑘠𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠷᢈᢑᠾ (Mongolian script)
- ᠮᡵᡳᢡ (Manchu script)
- မၖဓ် (Burmese script)
- 𑧆𑧖𑧀𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐺𑐢𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମୃଧ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢪꢺꢤ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆸𑆣𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖴𑖠𑖿 (Siddham script)
- මෘධ් (Sinhalese script)
- మృధ్ (Telugu script)
- มฺฤธฺ (Thai script)
- མྲྀ་དྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒵𑒡𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *meldh- an extension of *mel- (“fine, soft”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mr̩dʱ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mr̩d̪ʱ/
Root
मृध् • (mṛdh)
- to neglect, forsake, abandon
- to be moist, moisten
Derived terms
- मर्धति (márdhati)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “मृध्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0830.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “मृध्”, 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), “मृध्”, 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 345
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 716-719