मूर्छ्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

मुर्छ् (murch), मूर्च्छ् (mūrcch)

Alternative scripts

মূৰ্ছ্ (Assamese script)
ᬫᬹᬃᬙ᭄ (Balinese script)
মূর্ছ্ (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰳𑰨𑰿𑰔𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀽𑀭𑁆𑀙𑁆 (Brahmi script)
မူရ်္ဆ် (Burmese script)
મૂર્છ્ (Gujarati script)
ਮੂਰ੍ਛ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌛𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦹꦂꦖ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂴𑂩𑂹𑂓𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಮೂರ್ಛ್ (Kannada script)
មូឆ៌៑ (Khmer script)
ມູຣ຺ຉ຺ (Lao script)
മൂര്ഛ് (Malayalam script)
ᠮᡠᡠᡵᡮ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘴𑘨𑘿𑘔𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠮᠤᠤᠷᠼ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑧕𑧈𑧠𑦴𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐹𑐬𑑂𑐕𑑂 (Newa script)
ମୂର୍ଛ୍ (Odia script)
ꢪꢹꢬ꣄ꢘ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆷𑆫𑇀𑆗𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖳𑖨𑖿𑖔𑖿 (Siddham script)
මූර්‍ඡ් (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩒𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩢 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚱𑚤𑚶𑚐𑚶 (Takri script)
மூர்ச்² (Tamil script)
మూర్ఛ్ (Telugu script)
มูรฺฉฺ (Thai script)
མཱུ་རྪ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒴𑒩𑓂𑒕𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨃𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨤𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥H-tó-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós (“mortal”), and often compared to Ancient Greek βρότος (brótos, “blood from a wound”); blood (a sign of mortality) spreads out from a wound and coagulates (congeals) on the wound. Mayrhofer accepts that the laryngeal dropped under special phonetic conditions in the root's supposed descendants. According to Machek, also related to Czech smrksnouti se (“to shrink”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /muːɾt͡ɕʰ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /muːɾt͡ɕʰ/

Root

मूर्छ् • (mūrch)

to become solid, thicken, congeal, assume shape or substance or consistency, expand, increase, grow, become or be vehement or intense or strong
to fill, pervade, penetrate, spread over
to have power or take effect upon (locative case)
to grow stiff or rigid, faint, swoon, become senseless or stupid or unconscious
to cause to sound aloud
to deafen
to cause to thicken or coagulate (milk)
to cause to settle into a fixed or solid form, shape
to strengthen, rouse, excite
to cause to sound loudly, play (a musical instrument)

Derived terms

References

Monier Williams (1899) “मूर्छ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 823.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 367-368
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 665