मुक्ता

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • মুক্তা (Assamese script)
  • ᬫᬸᬓ᭄ᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
  • মুক্তা (Bengali script)
  • 𑰦𑰲𑰎𑰿𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀫𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • မုက္တာ (Burmese script)
  • મુક્તા (Gujarati script)
  • ਮੁਕ੍ਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌮𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
  • ꦩꦸꦏ꧀ꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂧𑂳𑂍𑂹𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
  • ಮುಕ್ತಾ (Kannada script)
  • មុក្តា (Khmer script)
  • ມຸກ຺ຕາ (Lao script)
  • മുക്താ (Malayalam script)
  • ᠮᡠᡬᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘦𑘳𑘎𑘿𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
  • ᠮᠤᢉᢐᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧆𑧔𑦮𑧠𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐩𑐸𑐎𑑂𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
  • ମୁକ୍ତା (Odia script)
  • ꢪꢸꢒ꣄ꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆩𑆶𑆑𑇀𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖦𑖲𑖎𑖿𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
  • මුක‍්තා (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩴𑩒𑩜 𑪙𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚢𑚰𑚊𑚶𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
  • முக்தா (Tamil script)
  • ముక్తా (Telugu script)
  • มุกฺตา (Thai script)
  • མུ་ཀྟཱ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒧𑒳𑒏𑓂𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨢𑨃𑨋𑩇𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Traditionally derived from मुच् (√muc, “to loosen, let loose, free” (verb मुञ्चति (muñcáti))) +‎ -त (-ta, “-ed”), as pearl collectors would "loosen" pearls from the shells of clams.

However, Mayrhofer considers the above to be folk etymology, and prefers to derive the word from an unattested intermediate *मुत्ता (*muttā) (whence Pali muttā (“pearl”)), which was hyper-corrected in order to match the folk etymology.

In light of the intermediate form, more likely from मूर्ता (mūrtā, “trickled, spread-over, congealed”), the past participle of मूर्छ् (mūrch), or, along with corresponding Dravidian words (compare Tamil முத்து (muttu)), borrowed from some other source language.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

मुक्ता • (muktā) stem, f

  2. pearl
  3. unchaste woman
  4. species of plant

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → Bengali: মুক্তা (mukta)
  • → Thai: มุก (múk)
  • >? Pali: muttā

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) “muktā-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 408
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) “muktā”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 647f

Further reading

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