मीळ्ह

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *miẓḍʰám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *miždʰám, from Proto-Indo-European *misdʰóm. Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬍𐬲𐬛𐬀 (mīžda), Persian مزد (mozd), Ancient Greek μισθός (misthós, wage), Old Church Slavonic мьзда (mĭzda, reward), Old English mēd (whence English meed).

Pronunciation

Noun

मीळ्ह (mīḷhá) n

  1. (Vedic) contest, strife
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.46.4
      बाधसे जनान्वृषभेव मन्युना घृषौ मीळ्ह ऋचीषम ।
      अस्माकं बोध्यविता महाधने तनूष्वप्सु सूर्ये ॥
      bādhase janānvṛṣabheva manyunā ghṛṣau mīḷha ṛcīṣama .
      asmākaṃ bodhyavitā mahādhane tanūṣvapsu sūrye .
      Rcisama, thou forcest men as with a bull, with anger, in the furious fray.
      Be thou our Helper in the mighty battle fought for sunlight, water, and for life.
  2. reward, remuneration

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of मीळ्ह (mīḷhá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मीळ्हम्
mīḷhám
मीळ्हे
mīḷhé
मीळ्हानि / मीळ्हा¹
mīḷhā́ni / mīḷhā́¹
Vocative मीळ्ह
mī́ḷha
मीळ्हे
mī́ḷhe
मीळ्हानि / मीळ्हा¹
mī́ḷhāni / mī́ḷhā¹
Accusative मीळ्हम्
mīḷhám
मीळ्हे
mīḷhé
मीळ्हानि / मीळ्हा¹
mīḷhā́ni / mīḷhā́¹
Instrumental मीळ्हेन
mīḷhéna
मीळ्हाभ्याम्
mīḷhā́bhyām
मीळ्हैः / मीळ्हेभिः¹
mīḷhaíḥ / mīḷhébhiḥ¹
Dative मीळ्हाय
mīḷhā́ya
मीळ्हाभ्याम्
mīḷhā́bhyām
मीळ्हेभ्यः
mīḷhébhyaḥ
Ablative मीळ्हात्
mīḷhā́t
मीळ्हाभ्याम्
mīḷhā́bhyām
मीळ्हेभ्यः
mīḷhébhyaḥ
Genitive मीळ्हस्य
mīḷhásya
मीळ्हयोः
mīḷháyoḥ
मीळ्हानाम्
mīḷhā́nām
Locative मीळ्हे
mīḷhé
मीळ्हयोः
mīḷháyoḥ
मीळ्हेषु
mīḷhéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References

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