मच्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• मञ्च् (mañc)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মচ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
• মচ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• မစ် (Burmese script)
• મચ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਚ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂒𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಚ್ (Kannada script)
• មច៑ (Khmer script)
• ມຈ຺ (Lao script)
• മച് (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᢜ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᢋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
• ମଚ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
• මච් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩡 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚏𑚶 (Takri script)
• மச் (Tamil script)
• మచ్ (Telugu script)
• มจฺ (Thai script)
• མ་ཙ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨣𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Probably a phonetic variant of मद् (mad, “to rejoice”).

Root

मच् • (mac)

1. to cheat, be wicked or arrogant

Derived terms

• मचते (macate)
• मेचे (mece)

 

Etymology 2

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ-, *meh₂ḱ- (“to knead”), and connected with Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō, “to handle, knead”) and Proto-Slavic *mę̀knǫti (“to become soft”). See also English make.

Root

मच् • (mac)

1. to pound, grind

Derived terms

• मचते (macate)
• मेचे (mece)

 

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “मच्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 773/2.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 117