मरिच

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

A borrowing from a local language, probably Austroasiatic; compare Mon မြေက် (mrek) and Khmer ម្រេច (mrɨc), as well as Proto-Dravidian *miḷVku, the latter which probably also borrowed from the same source as the Sanskrit. The Sanskrit form is the source of borrowings into Iranian, Turkic, and other Western languages; compare Persian مرچ (murč), Kyrgyz мурч (murc), and Hungarian bors.

Pronunciation

Noun

मरिच • (marica) stem, m

  1. the pepper shrub

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मरिच
singular dual plural
nominative मरिचः (maricaḥ) मरिचौ (maricau)
मरिचा¹ (maricā¹) 		मरिचाः (maricāḥ)
मरिचासः¹ (maricāsaḥ¹)
accusative मरिचम् (maricam) मरिचौ (maricau)
मरिचा¹ (maricā¹) 		मरिचान् (maricān)
instrumental मरिचेन (maricena) मरिचाभ्याम् (maricābhyām) मरिचैः (maricaiḥ)
मरिचेभिः¹ (maricebhiḥ¹)
dative मरिचाय (maricāya) मरिचाभ्याम् (maricābhyām) मरिचेभ्यः (maricebhyaḥ)
ablative मरिचात् (maricāt) मरिचाभ्याम् (maricābhyām) मरिचेभ्यः (maricebhyaḥ)
genitive मरिचस्य (maricasya) मरिचयोः (maricayoḥ) मरिचानाम् (maricānām)
locative मरिचे (marice) मरिचयोः (maricayoḥ) मरिचेषु (mariceṣu)
vocative मरिच (marica) मरिचौ (maricau)
मरिचा¹ (maricā¹) 		मरिचाः (maricāḥ)
मरिचासः¹ (maricāsaḥ¹)
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See also

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “मरिच”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 790, column 1.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “marica”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 567
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen ‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 321
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen ‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 588
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