मृज्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- मर्ज् (marj), मार्ज् (mārj), मृश् (mṛś)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মৃজ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬺᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
- মৃজ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰴𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀾𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- မၖဇ် (Burmese script)
- મૃજ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮ੍ਰਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍃𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦽꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑃂𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೃಜ್ (Kannada script)
- ម្ឫជ៑ (Khmer script)
- ມ຺ຣິຊ຺ (Lao script)
- മൃജ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡵᡳᡯ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘵𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠷᠢᠽ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧖𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐺𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମୃଜ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢺꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆸𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖴𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
- මෘජ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩙𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
- ம்ரிஜ் (Tamil script)
- మృజ్ (Telugu script)
- มฺฤชฺ (Thai script)
- མྲྀ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒵𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨼𑨉𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₃merǵ-
Sanskrit मृज् (mṛj)
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₃merǵ- (“to wipe”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀμόργνῡμῐ (omórgnūmĭ, “to wipe”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mr̩d͡ʑ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mr̩d͡ʑ/
Root
मृज् • (mṛj)
Derived terms
- Primary Verbal Forms
- मार्ष्टि (mā́rṣṭi) (Present)
- मृजति (mṛjáti) (Present)
- मार्जति (mā́rjati) (Present)
- मृञ्जत (mṛñjata) (Vedic, third-person plural injunctive)
- म्रक्ष्यते (mrakṣyáte) (Future)
- मार्क्ष्यते (mārkṣyáte) (Future)
- मार्जिष्यति (mārjiṣyáti) (Future)
- म्रष्टा (mraṣṭā́) (Periphrastic Future)
- मार्ष्टा (mārṣṭā́) (Periphrastic Future)
- मार्जिता (mārjitā́) (Periphrastic Future)
- अमार्क्षीत् (ámārkṣīt) (Aorist)
- अमार्जीत् (ámārjīt) (Aorist)
- अमृक्षत् (ámṛkṣat) (Aorist)
- ममार्ज (mamā́rja) (Perfect)
- मामार्ज (māmā́rja) (Perfect)
- Secondary Forms
- मृज्यते (mṛjyáte) (Passive)
- अमार्जि (ámārji) (Passive Aorist)
- मर्जयति (marjáyati) (Causative)
- मार्जयति (mārjáyati) (Causative)
- अमीमृजत (ámīmṛjata) (Causative Aorist)
- अममार्जत् (ámamārjat) (Causative Aorist)
- मार्ज्यते (mārjyate) (Passive of Causative)
- मिमार्जिषति (mimārjiṣati) (Desiderative)
- मिमृक्षति (mimṛkṣati) (Desiderative)
- मर्मृजीति (marmṛjīti) (Intensive)
- मर्मृज्यते (marmṛjyate) (Intensive)
- मरीमृज्यते (marīmṛjyate) (Intensive)
- Non-Finite Forms
- मृष्ट (mṛṣṭá) (Past Participle)
- मृजित (mṛjitá) (Past Participle)
- मार्जित (mārjitá) (Past Participle)
- मर्ष्टुम् (marṣṭum) (Infinitive)
- मार्ष्टुम् (mārṣṭum) (Infinitive)
- मार्जितुम् (mārjitum) (Infinitive)
- मृजस् (mṛjas) (Infinitive)
- मृष्ट्वा (mṛṣṭvā́) (Gerund)
- मार्जित्वा (mārjitvā́) (Gerund)
- मŕज्य (mŕjya) (Gerund)
- मार्ज्य (mārjya) (Gerund)
- मर्ज्य (márjya) (Gerundive)
- मृज्य (mṛjya) (Gerundive)
- मार्ष्टव्य (mārṣṭavya) (Gerundive)
- मार्जनीय (mārjanī́ya) (Gerundive)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- Prefixed Root Forms
- अनुमृज् (anumṛj)
- अपमृज् (apamṛj)
- अवमृज् (avamṛj)
- आमृज् (āmṛj)
- उन्मृज् (unmṛj)
- उपमृज् (upamṛj)
- निमृज् (nimṛj)
- निर्मृज् (nirmṛj)
- परिमृज् (parimṛj)
- प्रमृज् (pramṛj)
- विमृज् (vimṛj)
- सम्मृज् (sammṛj)
The root मृक्ष् (mṛkṣ) is probably derived from the desiderative of this term.
The word मार्जार (mārjāra) is traditionally connected with this root, but that is certainly a folk etymology.
Descendants
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root मृज् (9 c, 0 e)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मृज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 829, column 2.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “मृज्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 125
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “मृज्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “mṛj”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “MARJ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 324-6
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 377
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 280
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “738”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 738