मीळ्ह

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মীল়্হ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬷळ᭄ᬳ (Balinese script)
• মীল়্হ (Bengali script)
• 𑀫𑀻𑀴𑁆𑀳 (Brahmi script)
• မီဠှ (Burmese script)
• મીળ્હ (Gujarati script)
• ਮੀਲ਼੍ਹ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍀𑌳𑍍𑌹 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦷळ꧀ꦲ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂲𑂹𑂯 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೀಳ್ಹ (Kannada script)
• មីឡ្ហ (Khmer script)
• ມີຬ຺ຫ (Lao script)
• മീള്ഹ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡳᡳळ्ᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘲𑘯𑘿𑘮 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠢᠢळ्ᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧓𑧏𑧠𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐷ळ𑑂𑐴 (Newa script)
• ମୀଳ୍ହ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢷꢳ꣄ꢲ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆵𑆭𑇀𑆲 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖱ळ𑖿𑖮 (Siddham script)
• මීළ‍්හ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩑𑩛ळ 𑪙𑪂 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚯𑚶𑚩 (Takri script)
• மீள்ஹ (Tamil script)
• మీళ్హ (Telugu script)
• มีฬฺห (Thai script)
• མཱིळྷ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒲𑒪𑓃𑓂𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨁𑨊ळ𑩇𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *miždʰám, from Proto-Indo-European *misdʰóm. Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬍𐬲𐬛𐬀 (mīžda), Persian مزد (mozd), Ancient Greek μισθός (misthós, “wage”), Old Church Slavonic мьзда (mĭzda, “reward”), Old English mēd (whence English meed).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /miː.ɭ̆ʱɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmiː.ɭ̆ʱɐ/

Noun

मीळ्ह • (mīḷhá) stem, n (Vedic)

1. contest, strife
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.100.11:

     स जा॒मिभि॒र्यत्स॒मजा॑ति मी॒ळ्हेऽजा॑मिभिर्वा पुरुहू॒त एवैः॑ ।
     अ॒पां तो॒कस्य॒ तन॑यस्य जे॒षे म॒रुत्वा॑न्नो भव॒त्विन्द्र॑ ऊ॒ती ॥

     sá jāmíbhiryátsamájāti mīḷhéʼjāmibhirvā puruhūtá évaiḥ.
     apā́ṃ tokásya tánayasya jeṣé marútvānno bhavatvíndra ūtī́.

     When in his ways with kinsmen or with strangers he speedeth to the fight, invoked of many,
     For gain of waters, and of sons and grandsons, may Indra, girt by Maruts, be our succour.

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.46.4:

     बाधसे जनान्वृषभेव मन्युना घृषौ मीळ्ह ऋचीषम ।
     अस्माकं बोध्यविता महाधने तनूष्वप्सु सूर्ये ॥

     bādhase janānvṛṣabheva manyunā ghṛṣau mīḷha ṛcīṣama.
     asmākaṃ bodhyavitā mahādhane tanūṣvapsu sūrye.

     Ṛcīṣama, thou forcest men as with a bull, with anger, in the furious fray.
     Be thou our Helper in the mighty battle fought for sunlight, water, and for life.

2. reward, remuneration
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of मीळ्ह (mīḷhá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मीळ्हम् mīḷhám	मीळ्हे mīḷhé	मीळ्हानि / मीळ्हा¹ mīḷhā́ni / mīḷhā́¹
Vocative	मीळ्ह mī́ḷha	मीळ्हे mī́ḷhe	मीळ्हानि / मीळ्हा¹ mī́ḷhāni / mī́ḷhā¹
Accusative	मीळ्हम् mīḷhám	मीळ्हे mīḷhé	मीळ्हानि / मीळ्हा¹ mīḷhā́ni / mīḷhā́¹
Instrumental	मीळ्हेन mīḷhéna	मीळ्हाभ्याम् mīḷhā́bhyām	मीळ्हैः / मीळ्हेभिः¹ mīḷhaíḥ / mīḷhébhiḥ¹
Dative	मीळ्हाय mīḷhā́ya	मीळ्हाभ्याम् mīḷhā́bhyām	मीळ्हेभ्यः mīḷhébhyaḥ
Ablative	मीळ्हात् mīḷhā́t	मीळ्हाभ्याम् mīḷhā́bhyām	मीळ्हेभ्यः mīḷhébhyaḥ
Genitive	मीळ्हस्य mīḷhásya	मीळ्हयोः mīḷháyoḥ	मीळ्हानाम् mīḷhā́nām
Locative	मीळ्हे mīḷhé	मीळ्हयोः mīḷháyoḥ	मीळ्हेषु mīḷhéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Alternative forms

• मीढ (mīḍhá)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मीळ्ह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 818.