मीळ्ह
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মীল়্হ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬷळ᭄ᬳ (Balinese script)
- মীল়্হ (Bengali script)
- 𑀫𑀻𑀴𑁆𑀳 (Brahmi script)
- မီဠှ (Burmese script)
- મીળ્હ (Gujarati script)
- ਮੀਲ਼੍ਹ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍀𑌳𑍍𑌹 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦷळ꧀ꦲ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂲𑂹𑂯 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೀಳ್ಹ (Kannada script)
- មីឡ្ហ (Khmer script)
- ມີຬ຺ຫ (Lao script)
- മീള്ഹ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡳᡳळ्ᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘲𑘯𑘿𑘮 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠢᠢळ्ᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧓𑧏𑧠𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐷ळ𑑂𑐴 (Newa script)
- ମୀଳ୍ହ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢷꢳ꣄ꢲ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆵𑆭𑇀𑆲 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖱ळ𑖿𑖮 (Siddham script)
- මීළ්හ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩑𑩛ळ 𑪙𑪂 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚯𑚶𑚩 (Takri script)
- மீள்ஹ (Tamil script)
- మీళ్హ (Telugu script)
- มีฬฺห (Thai script)
- མཱིळྷ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒲𑒪𑓃𑓂𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨁𑨊ळ𑩇𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *miždʰám, from Proto-Indo-European *misdʰóm. Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬍𐬲𐬛𐬀 (mīžda), Persian مزد (mozd), Ancient Greek μισθός (misthós, “wage”), Old Church Slavonic мьзда (mĭzda, “reward”), Old English mēd (whence English meed).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /miː.ɭ̆ʱɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /miː.ɭ̆ʱɐ/
Noun
मीळ्ह • (mīḷhá) stem, n (Vedic)
- contest, strife
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.100.11:
- स जा॒मिभि॒र्यत्स॒मजा॑ति मी॒ळ्हेऽजा॑मिभिर्वा पुरुहू॒त एवैः॑ ।
अ॒पां तो॒कस्य॒ तन॑यस्य जे॒षे म॒रुत्वा॑न्नो भव॒त्विन्द्र॑ ऊ॒ती ॥- sá jāmíbhiryátsamájāti mīḷhéʼjāmibhirvā puruhūtá évaiḥ.
apā́ṃ tokásya tánayasya jeṣé marútvānno bhavatvíndra ūtī́. - When in his ways with kinsmen or with strangers he speedeth to the fight, invoked of many,
For gain of waters, and of sons and grandsons, may Indra, girt by Maruts, be our succour.
- sá jāmíbhiryátsamájāti mīḷhéʼjāmibhirvā puruhūtá évaiḥ.
- स जा॒मिभि॒र्यत्स॒मजा॑ति मी॒ळ्हेऽजा॑मिभिर्वा पुरुहू॒त एवैः॑ ।
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.46.4:
- बाधसे जनान्वृषभेव मन्युना घृषौ मीळ्ह ऋचीषम ।
अस्माकं बोध्यविता महाधने तनूष्वप्सु सूर्ये ॥- bādhase janānvṛṣabheva manyunā ghṛṣau mīḷha ṛcīṣama.
asmākaṃ bodhyavitā mahādhane tanūṣvapsu sūrye. - Ṛcīṣama, thou forcest men as with a bull, with anger, in the furious fray.
Be thou our Helper in the mighty battle fought for sunlight, water, and for life.
- bādhase janānvṛṣabheva manyunā ghṛṣau mīḷha ṛcīṣama.
- बाधसे जनान्वृषभेव मन्युना घृषौ मीळ्ह ऋचीषम ।
- reward, remuneration
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मीळ्हम् (mīḷhám) | मीळ्हे (mīḷhé) | मीळ्हानि (mīḷhā́ni) मीळ्हा¹ (mīḷhā́¹) |
| accusative | मीळ्हम् (mīḷhám) | मीळ्हे (mīḷhé) | मीळ्हानि (mīḷhā́ni) मीळ्हा¹ (mīḷhā́¹) |
| instrumental | मीळ्हेन (mīḷhéna) | मीळ्हाभ्याम् (mīḷhā́bhyām) | मीळ्हैः (mīḷhaíḥ) मीळ्हेभिः¹ (mīḷhébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | मीळ्हाय (mīḷhā́ya) | मीळ्हाभ्याम् (mīḷhā́bhyām) | मीळ्हेभ्यः (mīḷhébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मीळ्हात् (mīḷhā́t) | मीळ्हाभ्याम् (mīḷhā́bhyām) | मीळ्हेभ्यः (mīḷhébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मीळ्हस्य (mīḷhásya) | मीळ्हयोः (mīḷháyoḥ) | मीळ्हानाम् (mīḷhā́nām) |
| locative | मीळ्हे (mīḷhé) | मीळ्हयोः (mīḷháyoḥ) | मीळ्हेषु (mīḷhéṣu) |
| vocative | मीळ्ह (mī́ḷha) | मीळ्हे (mī́ḷhe) | मीळ्हानि (mī́ḷhāni) मीळ्हा¹ (mī́ḷhā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Alternative forms
- मीढ (mīḍhá)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मीळ्ह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 818.