मरीच

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মৰীচ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬭᬷᬘ (Balinese script)
• মরীচ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰨𑰱𑰓 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀭𑀻𑀘 (Brahmi script)
• မရီစ (Burmese script)
• મરીચ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਰੀਚ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌰𑍀𑌚 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦫꦷꦕ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂩𑂲𑂒 (Kaithi script)
• ಮರೀಚ (Kannada script)
• មរីច (Khmer script)
• ມຣີຈ (Lao script)
• മരീച (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᡵᡳᡳᢜᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘨𑘲𑘓 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠷᠢᠢᢋᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧈𑧓𑦳 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐬𑐷𑐔 (Newa script)
• ମରୀଚ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢬꢷꢗ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆫𑆵𑆖 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖨𑖱𑖓 (Siddham script)
• මරීච (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩼𑩑𑩛𑩡 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚤𑚯𑚏 (Takri script)
• மரீச (Tamil script)
• మరీచ (Telugu script)
• มรีจ (Thai script)
• མ་རཱི་ཙ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒩𑒲𑒔 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨫𑨁𑨊𑨣 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From मरिच (marica).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɾiː.t͡ɕɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐˈɾiː.t͡ɕɐ/
• Hyphenation: म‧री‧च

Noun

मरीच • (marīca) stem, n

1. peppercorn

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of मरीच (marīca)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मरीचम् marīcam	मरीचे marīce	मरीचानि / मरीचा¹ marīcāni / marīcā¹
Vocative	मरीच marīca	मरीचे marīce	मरीचानि / मरीचा¹ marīcāni / marīcā¹
Accusative	मरीचम् marīcam	मरीचे marīce	मरीचानि / मरीचा¹ marīcāni / marīcā¹
Instrumental	मरीचेन marīcena	मरीचाभ्याम् marīcābhyām	मरीचैः / मरीचेभिः¹ marīcaiḥ / marīcebhiḥ¹
Dative	मरीचाय marīcāya	मरीचाभ्याम् marīcābhyām	मरीचेभ्यः marīcebhyaḥ
Ablative	मरीचात् marīcāt	मरीचाभ्याम् marīcābhyām	मरीचेभ्यः marīcebhyaḥ
Genitive	मरीचस्य marīcasya	मरीचयोः marīcayoḥ	मरीचानाम् marīcānām
Locative	मरीचे marīce	मरीचयोः marīcayoḥ	मरीचेषु marīceṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: مَرٕژ (marụċ), مَرژ (marċ), مَرِژ (mariċ)
  • Shina: مارچ (mā́ruč)
• Pali: marica
• Prakrit: 𑀫𑀭𑀺𑀅 (maria), 𑀫𑀺𑀭𑀺𑀅 (miria)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Awadhi: मिर्चा (mircā)
      • Hindustani: mirī, maric, miric, mirc
        • Hindi: मिरी, मरिच, मिरिच, मिर्च
        • Urdu: مِرِي, مَرِچ (maric), مِرِچ (miric), مِرْچ (mirc)
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: মৰিচ (moris)
      • Bengali: মিরি (miri), মরিচ (moric)
      • Bihari: मरिच (maric), मरिचा (maricā), मिरिच (miric), मिर्चा (mircā)
        • Bhojpuri: मरिचा (maricā)
        • Maithili: मरिचा (maricā), मिर्चाइ (mircāɨ)
      • Odia: ମିରି (miri), ମରିଚ (marica)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Eastern Pahari:
        • Nepali: मरिच (maric)
      • Western Pahari:
        • Bhadrawahi: मिर्च (mirc)
  • Northwestern:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Punjabi: marc, marcā̃, mirc, miric, mirᵃc

          Gurmukhi script: ਮਰ੍ਚ, ਮਰ੍ਚਾਂ, ਮਿਰ੍ਚ, ਮਿਰਿਚ, ਮਿਰਚ

          Shahmukhi script: مِرچ, مِرچَاں, مِرْچ, مِرِچ, مِرچ

          • Lahnda:
            • Southern Hindko: مرچ (maruc)
      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi: mirī, miru, mirca, mircī

          Arabic script: مِرِي, مِرُ, مِرچَ, مِرچِی

          Devanagari script: मिरी, मिरु, मिर्च, मिर्ची

          • Jadgali: [script needed] (mirc)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: މިރުސް (mirus), މިރިސް (miris)
      • Sinhalese: මිරිස් (miris)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Konkani: mīri

        Devanagari script: मीरि (mīri)

        Latin script: miri

        Kannada script: ಮೀರಿ

      • Marathi: मिरी (mirī), मिरें (mirẽ)
  • Western:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Gujarati: મરી (marī), મરચી (marcī), મરચું (marcũ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मरीच”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 790/1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “marica”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 567