मृग

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

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)
  • ᠮᠷᠢᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • ᠮᡵᡳᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
  • မၖဂ (Burmese script)
  • 𑧆𑧖𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐩𑐺𑐐 (Newa script)
  • ମୃଗ (Odia script)
  • ꢪꢺꢔ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆩𑆸𑆓 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖦𑖴𑖐 (Siddham script)
  • මෘග (Sinhalese script)
  • ம்ரிக³ (Tamil 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 (mərəγa, “bird”), Sogdian 𐼺𐽀𐼲𐼷‎ (mrɣy, “bird”). Also related to Persian مرغ‎ (morğ, “hen”).

Pronunciation

Noun

मृग • (mṛgá) stem, 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
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀅 (maa)
  • → Bengali: মৃগ (mrig, “deer”)
  • → Kannada: ಮೃಗ (mṛga)
  • → Malayalam: മൃഗം (mr̥gaṁ)
  • → 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, page 828/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 370-1
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