मरिच

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

মৰিচ (Assamese script)
ᬫᬭᬶᬘ (Balinese script)
মরিচ (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰨𑰰𑰓 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀭𑀺𑀘 (Brahmi script)
မရိစ (Burmese script)
મરિચ (Gujarati script)
ਮਰਿਚ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑌰𑌿𑌚 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦫꦶꦕ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂩𑂱𑂒 (Kaithi script)
ಮರಿಚ (Kannada script)
មរិច (Khmer script)
ມຣິຈ (Lao script)
മരിച (Malayalam script)
ᠮᠠᡵᡳᢜᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘨𑘱𑘓 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᠷᠢᢋᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑧈𑧒𑦳 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐬𑐶𑐔 (Newa script)
ମରିଚ (Odia script)
ꢪꢬꢶꢗ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆫𑆴𑆖 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖨𑖰𑖓 (Siddham script)
මරිච (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩼𑩑𑩡 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚤𑚮𑚏 (Takri script)
மரிச (Tamil script)
మరిచ (Telugu script)
มริจ (Thai script)
མ་རི་ཙ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒩𑒱𑒔 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨫𑨁𑨣 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

A borrowing from a local language, probably Austroasiatic; compare Mon မြေက် (mrek) and Khmer ម្រេច (mrɨc), as well as Proto-Dravidian *miḷVku, the latter which probably also borrowed from the same source as the Sanskrit. The Sanskrit form is the source of borrowings into Iranian, Turkic, and other Western languages; compare Persian (murč), Kyrgyz мурч (murc), and Hungarian bors.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɾi.t͡ɕɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɾi.t͡ɕɐ/
Hyphenation: म‧रि‧च

Noun

मरिच • (marica) stem, m

the pepper shrub

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मरिच
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मरिचः (maricaḥ)	मरिचौ (maricau) मरिचा¹ (maricā¹)	मरिचाः (maricāḥ) मरिचासः¹ (maricāsaḥ¹)
vocative	मरिच (marica)	मरिचौ (maricau) मरिचा¹ (maricā¹)	मरिचाः (maricāḥ) मरिचासः¹ (maricāsaḥ¹)
accusative	मरिचम् (maricam)	मरिचौ (maricau) मरिचा¹ (maricā¹)	मरिचान् (maricān)
instrumental	मरिचेन (maricena)	मरिचाभ्याम् (maricābhyām)	मरिचैः (maricaiḥ) मरिचेभिः¹ (maricebhiḥ¹)
dative	मरिचाय (maricāya)	मरिचाभ्याम् (maricābhyām)	मरिचेभ्यः (maricebhyaḥ)
ablative	मरिचात् (maricāt)	मरिचाभ्याम् (maricābhyām)	मरिचेभ्यः (maricebhyaḥ)
genitive	मरिचस्य (maricasya)	मरिचयोः (maricayoḥ)	मरिचानाम् (maricānām)
locative	मरिचे (marice)	मरिचयोः (maricayoḥ)	मरिचेषु (mariceṣu)

¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “मरिच”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 790, column 1.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “marica”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 567
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 321
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 588