म्रक्ष्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

मृक्ष् (mṛkṣ)

Alternative scripts

ম্ৰক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
ᬫ᭄ᬭᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
ম্রক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰿𑰨𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑁆𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
မြက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
મ્રક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
ਮ੍ਰਕ੍ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑍍𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦿꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂹𑂩𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಮ್ರಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
ម្រក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
ມ຺ຣກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
മ്രക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
ᠮᡵᠠᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘿𑘨𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠮᠷᠠᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑧠𑧈𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑑂𑐬𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
ମ୍ରକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
ꢪ꣄ꢬꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑇀𑆫𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖿𑖨𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
ම්‍රක්‍ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
𑩴 𑪙𑩼𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚶𑚤𑚊𑚶𑚶 (Takri script)
ம்ரக்ஷ் (Tamil script)
మ్రక్ష్ (Telugu script)
มฺรกฺษฺ (Thai script)
མྲ་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑓂𑒩𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑩇𑨫𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Mayrhofer relates the root to मृच् (mṛc, “to hurt, injure, annoy”); on the other hand, he relates मृक्ष् (mṛkṣ), generally considered an alternative form, to a different root, मृज् (mṛj, “to wipe, rub, cleanse”).

Pronunciation

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

Root

म्रक्ष् • (mrakṣ)

Derived terms

म्रक्षति (mrakṣati)
म्रक्षयति (mrakṣayati)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “म्रक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 837/2.
William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 124
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 370; 386