मूष्

See also: मेष and मषि

Sanskrit

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

मूष् • (mū́ṣ) m or f

mouse
"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 458052227, page 0827.

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