म्रेड्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ম্ৰেড্ (Assamese script)
- ᬫ᭄ᬭᬾᬟ᭄ (Balinese script)
- ম্রেড্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰿𑰨𑰸𑰚𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑁆𑀭𑁂𑀟𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- မြေဍ် (Burmese script)
- મ્રેડ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮ੍ਰੇਡ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍍𑌰𑍇𑌡𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦿꦺꦝ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂹𑂩𑂵𑂙𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಮ್ರೇಡ್ (Kannada script)
- ម្រេឌ៑ (Khmer script)
- ມ຺ເຣຑ຺ (Lao script)
- മ്രേഡ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡵᡝᡷ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘿𑘨𑘹𑘚𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠷᠧᢎ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧠𑧈𑧚𑦺𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑑂𑐬𑐾𑐜𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମ୍ରେଡ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢪ꣄ꢬꢾꢞ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑇀𑆫𑆼𑆝𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖿𑖨𑖸𑖚𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ම්රෙඩ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴 𑪙𑩼𑩔𑩨 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚶𑚤𑚲𑚖𑚶 (Takri script)
- ம்ரேட்³ (Tamil script)
- మ్రేడ్ (Telugu script)
- มฺเรฑฺ (Thai script)
- མྲེ་ཌ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑓂𑒩𑒹𑒛𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑩇𑨫𑨄𑨖𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Of unclear origin; most, if not all, theories on the root's origin suppose an original sense of "to turn". According to Tedesco, perhaps an abstraction of a back-formation from an earlier unattested *आम्रिट्ट (*āmriṭṭa), which he considers a variant of आवृत्त (āvṛtta, “turned round, stirred”); this is semantically appealing, but phonetically bold.
Another theory by Hoffmann takes म्रेड् (mreḍ) as a dialectal variant of an unattested *व्रेड् (*vreḍ), from a putative Proto-Indo-Aryan *vrayẓḍ- < *vrayś-d, from a Proto-Indo-Iranian *wrayć- (“to twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to twist, bend”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɾɐjɖ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mɾeːɖ/
Root
म्रेड् • (mreḍ) (only with prefixes)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “MREḌ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 387
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “म्रेड्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 837, column 3.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 128
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “mreḍ”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.