मूषक
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মূষক (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬹᬱᬓ (Balinese script)
- মূষক (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰳𑰬𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀽𑀱𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- မူၑက (Burmese script)
- મૂષક (Gujarati script)
- ਮੂਸ਼ਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍂𑌷𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦹꦰꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂴𑂭𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೂಷಕ (Kannada script)
- មូឞក (Khmer script)
- ມູຩກ (Lao script)
- മൂഷക (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡠᡠᢢᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘴𑘬𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠤᠤᢔᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧕𑧌𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐹𑐲𑐎 (Newa script)
- ମୂଷକ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢹꢰꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆷𑆰𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖳𑖬𑖎 (Siddham script)
- මූෂක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩒𑩛𑪀𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚱𑚊 (Takri script)
- மூஷக (Tamil script)
- మూషక (Telugu script)
- มูษก (Thai script)
- མཱུ་ཥ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒴𑒭𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨃𑨊𑨯𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From मूष् (mūṣ, “to steal, rob, plunder", literally "mouse”) + -अक (-aka).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /muː.ʂɐ.kɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /muː.ʂɐ.kɐ/
Noun
मूषक • (mūṣaka) stem, m
- (literally) rat, mouse
- (figuratively) thief, plunderer
- a particular part of the face (= करविरक (kara-viraka))
- a kind of metre
- (in the plural) name of a people
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मूषकः (mūṣakaḥ) | मूषकौ (mūṣakau) मूषका¹ (mūṣakā¹) |
मूषकाः (mūṣakāḥ) मूषकासः¹ (mūṣakāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | मूषकम् (mūṣakam) | मूषकौ (mūṣakau) मूषका¹ (mūṣakā¹) |
मूषकान् (mūṣakān) |
| instrumental | मूषकेण (mūṣakeṇa) | मूषकाभ्याम् (mūṣakābhyām) | मूषकैः (mūṣakaiḥ) मूषकेभिः¹ (mūṣakebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | मूषकाय (mūṣakāya) | मूषकाभ्याम् (mūṣakābhyām) | मूषकेभ्यः (mūṣakebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मूषकात् (mūṣakāt) | मूषकाभ्याम् (mūṣakābhyām) | मूषकेभ्यः (mūṣakebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मूषकस्य (mūṣakasya) | मूषकयोः (mūṣakayoḥ) | मूषकाणाम् (mūṣakāṇām) |
| locative | मूषके (mūṣake) | मूषकयोः (mūṣakayoḥ) | मूषकेषु (mūṣakeṣu) |
| vocative | मूषक (mūṣaka) | मूषकौ (mūṣakau) मूषका¹ (mūṣakā¹) |
मूषकाः (mūṣakāḥ) मूषकासः¹ (mūṣakāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- → Telugu: మూషకము (mūṣakamu)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मूषक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 827.