मृष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mers- (to bother, anger, forget). Cognate with Lithuanian miršti (to forget, lose, become oblivious), Latvian aizmirst (to forget), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (marzjan, to annoy, bother, disturb, offend), Tocharian A märs- (to forget), Lithuanian miršti, Old Armenian մոռանամ (moṙanam), English mar.

Pronunciation

Root

मृष् • (mṛṣ)

  1. to forget, neglect
  2. to disregard
  3. to pardon, forgive, excuse
  4. to suffer

References

  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “मृष्”, 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