मुग्ध

Borrowed from Sanskrit मुग्ध (mugdhá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mugdʰás.

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mʊɡd̪ʱ/

मुग्ध • (mugdh) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling مگدھ)

1. infatuated, obsessed; charmed

   Synonym: मोहित (mohit)

   मीडिया सितारों पर मुग्ध है।

   mīḍiyā sitārõ par mugdh hai.

   The media is obsessed with celebrities.

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मुग्ध”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “मुग्ध”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mugʰdʰás (“confused, perplexed”, past passive participle of *mawgʰ- (“to err, to deviate, to be foolish, confused”)). See the root मुह् (muh) for cognates.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /muɡ.dʱɐ́/,
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmuɡ.d̪ʱɐ/,

मुग्ध • (mugdhá)

1. perplexed, bewildered
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.40.5:

     यत्त्वा सूर्य स्वर्भानुस्तमसाविध्यदासुरः ।
     अक्षेत्रविद्यथा मुग्धो भुवनान्यदीधयुः ॥

     yattvā sūrya svarbhānustamasāvidhyadāsuraḥ.
     akṣetravidyathā mugdho bhuvanānyadīdhayuḥ.

     O Sūrya, when the Asura's descendant Svarbhanu, pierced thee through and through with darkness,
     All creatures looked like one who is bewildered, who knoweth not the place where he is standing.

   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
2. gone astray, lost
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
3. foolish, ignorant, silly
   • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa
4. inexperienced, simple, innocent, artless, attractive or charming (from youthfulness), lovely, beautiful, tender, young.

• मोह (móha)
• मुह्यति (múhyati)
• मूढ (mūḍhá)

• Pali: muddha
• → Kannada: ಮುಗ್ಧ (mugdha)
• → Telugu: ముగ్ధము (mugdhamu)
• → Thai: มุคธ์ (múk)
• Prakrit: 𑀫𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (muḍḍha) (contaminated with मूढ)
  • → Malayalam: മുട്ടാളൻ (muṭṭāḷaṉ)
  • → Tamil: முட்டாள் (muṭṭāḷ)