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Sanskrit
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Etymology
Probably a desiderative from मृज् (mṛj, “to wipe, rub”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃merǵ- (“to wipe”).
Pronunciation
Root
मृक्ष् • (mṛkṣ)
- to rub, stroke, smear
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मृक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages मृक्ष्, 828/1, 837/2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 370