मूष्

See also: मेष and मषि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মূষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬹᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• মূষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰳𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀽𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• မူၑ် (Burmese script)
• મૂષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਮੂਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍂𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦹꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂴𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೂಷ್ (Kannada script)
• មូឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ມູຩ຺ (Lao script)
• മൂഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡠᡠᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘴𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠤᠤᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧕𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐹𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ମୂଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢹꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆷𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖳𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• මූෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩒𑩛𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚱𑚶 (Takri script)
• மூஷ் (Tamil script)
• మూష్ (Telugu script)
• มูษฺ (Thai script)
• མཱུ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒴𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨃𑨊𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s (“mouse”). Cognate with Latin mūs, Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs), Persian موش (muš), Old Church Slavonic мꙑшь (myšĭ), Old English mūs (English mouse).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /múːʂ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /muːʂ/

Noun

मूष् • (mū́ṣ) stem, m or f

1. (literally) mouse
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.105.8:

     सं मा तपन्त्यभितः सपत्नीरिव पर्शवः ।
     मूषो न शिश्ना व्यदन्ति माध्य स्तोतारं ते शतक्रतो वित्तं मे अस्य रोदसी ॥

     saṃ mā tapantyabhitaḥ sapatnīriva parśavaḥ.
     mūṣo na śiśnā vyadanti mādhya stotāraṃ te śatakrato vittaṃ me asya rodasī.

     Like rival wives, on every side, enclosing ribs oppress me sore.
     O Śatakratu, biting cares devour me, singer of thy praise, like mice devour the weaver's threads. Mark this my woe, ye Earth and Heaven.

2. (figuratively) "stealer", "thief" (literal meaning from verbal root √muṣ)

Derived terms

• मूष (mūṣa)
• मूषक (mūṣaka)
• मूषण (mūṣaṇa)
• मूषिक (mūṣika)
• मूषी (mūṣī)
• मुष्क (muṣka)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मूष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 827.