मृड्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• मृळ् (mṛḷ) — Rigvedic

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মৃড্ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬺᬟ᭄ (Balinese script)
• মৃড্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰴𑰚𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀾𑀟𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• မၖဍ် (Burmese script)
• મૃડ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਮ੍ਰਡ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍃𑌡𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦽꦝ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑃂𑂙𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೃಡ್ (Kannada script)
• ម្ឫឌ៑ (Khmer script)
• ມ຺ຣິຑ຺ (Lao script)
• മൃഡ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡵᡳᡷ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘵𑘚𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠷᠢᢎ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧖𑦺𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐺𑐜𑑂 (Newa script)
• ମୃଡ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢺꢞ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆸𑆝𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖴𑖚𑖿 (Siddham script)
• මෘඩ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩙𑩨 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚖𑚶 (Takri script)
• ம்ரிட்³ (Tamil script)
• మృడ్ (Telugu script)
• มฺฤฑฺ (Thai script)
• མྲྀ་ཌ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒵𑒛𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨼𑨉𑨖𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥žd- (“to forgive, spare, to pity”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mr̩ɖ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mr̩ɖ/

Root

मृड् • (mṛḍ)

1. to be gracious or favorable
2. to pardon, spare
3. to treat kindly, make happy, delight

Derived terms

• मृडति (mṛḍáti)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मृड्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0829.
• 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) “मृड्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016