मृग

See also: मूँग, मूंग, and माग

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मृग (mṛgá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥gás.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mɾɪɡ/

Noun

मृग • (mŕg) m (Urdu spelling مرگ)

1. deer

   Synonym: हिरन (hiran)

2. antelope

Declension

Declension of मृग (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मृग mŕg	मृग mŕg
oblique	मृग mŕg	मृगों mŕgõ
vocative	मृग mŕg	मृगो mŕgo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মৃগ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬺᬕ (Balinese script)
• মৃগ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰴𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀾𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• မၖဂ (Burmese script)
• મૃગ (Gujarati script)
• ਮ੍ਰਗ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍃𑌗 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦽꦒ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑃂𑂏 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೃಗ (Kannada script)
• ម្ឫគ (Khmer script)
• ມ຺ຣິຄ (Lao script)
• മൃഗ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡵᡳᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘵𑘐 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠷᠢᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧖𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐺𑐐 (Newa script)
• ମୃଗ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢺꢔ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆸𑆓 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖴𑖐 (Siddham script)
• මෘග (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩙𑩞 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚌 (Takri script)
• ம்ரிக³ (Tamil script)
• మృగ (Telugu script)
• มฺฤค (Thai script)
• མྲྀ་ག (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒵𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨼𑨉𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥gás (“forest animal”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬀 (mər^əγa, “bird”), Sogdian 𐼺𐽀𐼲𐼷 (mrɣy, “bird”). Also related to Persian مرغ (morġ, “hen”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mr̩.ɡɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mr̩.ɡɐ/

Noun

मृग • (mṛgá) stem, m

1. a forest animal, wild beast
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.34.1:

     धा॒रा॒व॒रा म॒रुतो॑ धृ॒ष्ण्वो॑जसो मृ॒गा न भी॒मास्तवि॑षीभिर॒र्चिनः॑।
     अ॒ग्नयो॒ न शु॑शुचा॒ना ऋ॑जी॒षिणो॒ भृमिं॒ धम॑न्तो॒ अप॒ गा अ॑वृण्वत॥

     dhārāvarā́ marúto dhṛṣṇvòjaso mṛgā́ ná bhīmā́stáviṣībhirarcínaḥ.
     agnáyo ná śuśucānā́ ṛjīṣíṇo bhṛ́miṃ dhámanto ápa gā́ avṛṇvata.

     The Maruts, shedders of showers, endowed with resistless might, like formidable wild beasts, reverencing the world by their energies, resplendent as fires, laden with water, and blowing about the wandering cloud, give vent to its collected rain.

2. (especially) a deer, gazelle, antelope, stag, musk-deer

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मृग

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मृगः (mṛgáḥ)	मृगौ (mṛgaú) मृगा¹ (mṛgā́¹)	मृगाः (mṛgā́ḥ) मृगासः¹ (mṛgā́saḥ¹)
accusative	मृगम् (mṛgám)	मृगौ (mṛgaú) मृगा¹ (mṛgā́¹)	मृगान् (mṛgā́n)
instrumental	मृगेण (mṛgéṇa)	मृगाभ्याम् (mṛgā́bhyām)	मृगैः (mṛgaíḥ) मृगेभिः¹ (mṛgébhiḥ¹)
dative	मृगाय (mṛgā́ya)	मृगाभ्याम् (mṛgā́bhyām)	मृगेभ्यः (mṛgébhyaḥ)
ablative	मृगात् (mṛgā́t)	मृगाभ्याम् (mṛgā́bhyām)	मृगेभ्यः (mṛgébhyaḥ)
genitive	मृगस्य (mṛgásya)	मृगयोः (mṛgáyoḥ)	मृगाणाम् (mṛgā́ṇām)
locative	मृगे (mṛgé)	मृगयोः (mṛgáyoḥ)	मृगेषु (mṛgéṣu)
vocative	मृग (mṛ́ga)	मृगौ (mṛ́gau) मृगा¹ (mṛ́gā¹)	मृगाः (mṛ́gāḥ) मृगासः¹ (mṛ́gāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• मृगतृष्णा (mṛgatṛṣṇā)

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: mru (“mountain goat”)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀺𑀅 (mia)
• Pali: maga, miga
  • → Thai: มิคะ (mí-ká)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀅 (maa)
• → Bengali: মৃগ (mrig, “deer”)
• → Kannada: ಮೃಗ (mṛga)
• → Malayalam: മൃഗം (mr̥gaṁ)
• → Tamil: மிருகம் (mirukam)
• → Thai: มฤค (má-rʉ́k)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मृग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 828/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 370-1