मृद्

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mŕ̩d/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mr̩d̪/
• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mr̩d/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mr̩d̪/

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *mŕ̥ts, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mŕ̥ts, from Proto-Indo-European *mĺ̥dʰ-s. Cognate with Ancient Greek μάλθη (málthē), Old English molde (whence English mold).

मृद् • (mŕ̥d) f

1. earth, soil, clay

• → Tamil: மிருதை (mirutai)

From Proto-Indo-European *merd- (“to rub, scrape”), an extension of *mer-. Alternatively, from *meld-, an extension of *mel- (“soft, grind”).

मृद् • (mṛd)

1. press, crush, squeeze
2. destroy, kill
3. rub
4. overcome

• Monier Williams (1899), “मृद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0830.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “मृद्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 126
• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “मृद्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016

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