मरकत

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

মৰকত (Assamese script)
ᬫᬭᬓᬢ (Balinese script)
মরকত (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰨𑰎𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀭𑀓𑀢 (Brahmi script)
မရကတ (Burmese script)
મરકત (Gujarati script)
ਮਰਕਤ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑌰𑌕𑌤 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦫꦏꦠ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂩𑂍𑂞 (Kaithi script)
ಮರಕತ (Kannada script)
មរកត (Khmer script)
ມຣກຕ (Lao script)
മരകത (Malayalam script)
ᠮᠠᡵᠠᡬᠠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘨𑘎𑘝 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᠷᠠᢉᠠᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑧈𑦮𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐬𑐎𑐟 (Newa script)
ମରକତ (Odia script)
ꢪꢬꢒꢡ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆫𑆑𑆠 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖨𑖎𑖝 (Siddham script)
මරකත (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩼𑩜𑩫 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚤𑚊𑚙 (Takri script)
மரகத (Tamil script)
మరకత (Telugu script)
มรกต (Thai script)
མ་ར་ཀ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒩𑒏𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨫𑨋𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Semitic. See also Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɾɐ.kɐ.tɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɾɐ.kɐ.t̪ɐ/

Noun

मरकत • (marakata) stem, n

emerald

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of **मरकत**
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मरकतम् (marakatam)	मरकते (marakate)	मरकतानि (marakatāni)
accusative	मरकतम् (marakatam)	मरकते (marakate)	मरकतानि (marakatāni)
instrumental	मरकतेन (marakatena)	मरकताभ्याम् (marakatābhyām)	मरकतैः (marakataiḥ)
dative	मरकताय (marakatāya)	मरकताभ्याम् (marakatābhyām)	मरकतेभ्यः (marakatebhyaḥ)
ablative	मरकतात् (marakatāt)	मरकताभ्याम् (marakatābhyām)	मरकतेभ्यः (marakatebhyaḥ)
genitive	मरकतस्य (marakatasya)	मरकतयोः (marakatayoḥ)	मरकतानाम् (marakatānām)
locative	मरकते (marakate)	मरकतयोः (marakatayoḥ)	मरकतेषु (marakateṣu)
vocative	मरकत (marakata)	मरकते (marakate)	मरकतानि (marakatāni)

Descendants

Ashokan Prakrit:
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀭𑀕𑀬 (maragaya)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀭𑀕𑀅 (maragaa)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀭𑀕𑀤 (maragada)
Helu Prakrit:
- Sinhalese: මරා (marā)
→ Hindi: मरकत (markat)
→ Khmer: មរកត (mĕəʼrĕəʼkɑt)
→ Malayalam: മരതകം (maratakaṁ)
→ Mongolian:
Cyrillic script: маргад (margad)

Mongolian script: ᠮᠠᠷᠭᠠᠳ (marɣad)
→ Tamil: மரகதம் (marakatam)
→ Telugu: మరకతము (marakatamu)
→ Thai: มรกต (mɔɔ-rá-gòt)
→ Tibetan: མར་གད (mar gad)

References

Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 389
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “marakata”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press