मरुत्

See also: मर्त, मूर्ति, मारुति, मुर्ती, मरति, and मारुत

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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ମରୁତ୍ (Odia script)
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මරුත් (Sinhalese script)
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மருத் (Tamil script)
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มรุตฺ (Thai script)
མ་རུ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒩𑒳𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨫𑨃𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Uncertain. Mayrhofer draws a connection to Latin Mārs (originally Māvors, from either Proto-Italic *Māwortis or *Māmart-) and Oscan 𐌌𐌀𐌌𐌄𐌓𐌕- (mamert-).

Mayrhofer also notes that more authors assume a suffixal -उत् (-ut, “breathing”), from the root वा (vā, “to breathe”); compare वात (vāta, “wind”), which in the plural can also refer to the Maruts.^[1] For मर्- (mar-), he considers several origin possibilities:

Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“sea”), whence Latin mare
*mer- (“young man”), whence मर्य (marya, “man”)
*mer- (“to flicker, twinkle”), whence Ancient Greek μαρμαίρω (marmaírō, “to flash”) and Sanskrit मरीचि (marīci, “ray of light”), a connection to which is also supported by Monier-Williams.^[2]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɾút/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɾut̪/

Noun

मरुत् • (marút) stem, m ^[3]

wind, air
breath
Maruts, storm-god, patron deity of the winds

Declension

Masculine root-stem declension of मरुत्
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मरुत् (marút)	मरुतौ (marútau) मरुता¹ (marútā¹)	मरुतः (marútaḥ)
accusative	मरुतम् (marútam)	मरुतौ (marútau) मरुता¹ (marútā¹)	मरुतः (marútaḥ)
instrumental	मरुता (marútā)	मरुद्भ्याम् (marúdbhyām)	मरुद्भिः (marúdbhiḥ)
dative	मरुते (marúte)	मरुद्भ्याम् (marúdbhyām)	मरुद्भ्यः (marúdbhyaḥ)
ablative	मरुतः (marútaḥ)	मरुद्भ्याम् (marúdbhyām)	मरुद्भ्यः (marúdbhyaḥ)
genitive	मरुतः (marútaḥ)	मरुतोः (marútoḥ)	मरुताम् (marútām)
locative	मरुति (marúti)	मरुतोः (marútoḥ)	मरुत्सु (marútsu)
vocative	मरुत् (márut)	मरुतौ (márutau) मरुता¹ (márutā¹)	मरुतः (márutaḥ)

¹Vedic

Descendants

Pali: marū
Prakrit: 𑀫𑀭𑀼 (maru), 𑀫𑀭𑀼𑀅 (marua)^[4]

References

^ Monier Williams (1899) “मरुत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 934.
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 322
^ Monier Williams (1899) “मरुत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 790.
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “marut”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

[1] Monier Williams (1899) “मरुत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 934.

[2] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 322

[3] Monier Williams (1899) “मरुत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 790.

[4] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “marut”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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