मृग

See also: मूँग, मूंग, and माग

Hindi

मृग

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

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

Declension of मृग (masc cons-stem)

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 (morğ, “hen”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

मृग • (mṛgá) stem, m

1. a forest animal, wild beast
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.34.1:

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

     dhārāvarā́ marúto dhṛṣṇvòjaso mṛgā́ ná bhīmā́stáviṣībhirarcína:.
     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 (mṛgá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मृगः mṛgáḥ	मृगौ / मृगा¹ mṛgaú / mṛgā́¹	मृगाः / मृगासः¹ mṛgā́ḥ / mṛgā́saḥ¹
Vocative	मृग mṛ́ga	मृगौ / मृगा¹ mṛ́gau / mṛ́gā¹	मृगाः / मृगासः¹ mṛ́gāḥ / mṛ́gāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मृगम् mṛgám	मृगौ / मृगा¹ mṛgaú / mṛgā́¹	मृगान् mṛgā́n
Instrumental	मृगेण mṛgéṇa	मृगाभ्याम् mṛgā́bhyām	मृगैः / मृगेभिः¹ mṛgaíḥ / 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
Notes	¹Vedic

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