मिह्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃mígʰs, from *h₃meygʰ- (“fog, mist, cloud”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀμίχλη (omíkhlē, “fog, mist”), Lithuanian miglà (“mist, haze”), English mist. Also related to मेघ (meghá, “cloud”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /míɦ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /miɦ/

Noun

मिह् • (míh) f

mist, fog, haze
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.7.3:
  वपन्ति मरुतो मिहं प्र वेपयन्ति पर्वतान् ।
  vapanti maruto mihaṃ pra vepayanti parvatān .
  The Maruts spread the mist abroad and make mountains rock and reel

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