मुष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মুষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬸᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• মুষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰲𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀼𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• မုၑ် (Burmese script)
• મુષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਮੁਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍁𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦸꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂳𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಮುಷ್ (Kannada script)
• មុឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ມຸຩ຺ (Lao script)
• മുഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡠᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘳𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠤᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧔𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐸𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ମୁଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢸꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆶𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖲𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• මුෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩒𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚰𑚶 (Takri script)
• முஷ் (Tamil script)
• ముష్ (Telugu script)
• มุษฺ (Thai script)
• མུ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒳𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨃𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mews- (“to steal, take; move”) from *m(y)ewh₁- (“to move”). Cognate with Latin moveō (“move”) whence English move, motion, etc. Connected with Sanskrit मूष (mūṣa, “mouse, i.e., stealer”).

Pronunciation

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

Root

मुष् • (muṣ)

1. to steal, rob, plunder, carry off
2. to ravish, captivate

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root मुष् (0 c, 1 e)

Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root मुष् not found

Primary Verbal Forms

• मोषति (moṣati, Present)

Secondary Forms

• मोषयति (moṣáyati, Causative)

Derived Nominal Forms

• मूष (mūṣa)
• मूषक (mūṣaka)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मुष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0827.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “मुष्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 123
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “मुष्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016

• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 392
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 445
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0743”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0743