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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মচ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
- মচ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- မစ် (Burmese script)
- મચ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਚ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂒𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಚ್ (Kannada script)
- មច៑ (Khmer script)
- ມຈ຺ (Lao script)
- മച് (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᢜ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᢋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମଚ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
- මච් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩡 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚏𑚶 (Takri script)
- மச் (Tamil script)
- మచ్ (Telugu script)
- มจฺ (Thai script)
- མ་ཙ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨣𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Probably a phonetic variant of मद् (mad, “to rejoice”).[1]
Root
मच् • (mac)
- to cheat, be wicked or arrogant
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ-, *meh₂ḱ- (“to knead”), and connected with Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō, “to handle, knead”) and Proto-Slavic *mę̀knǫti (“to become soft”).[1][2] See also English make.
Root
मच् • (mac)
- to pound, grind
Derived terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) “MAC:”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 378
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) “mácate:”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 548
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “मच्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 773/2.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 117