मृक्ष्

Sanskrit

Etymology

Probably a desiderative from मृज् (mṛj, “to wipe, rub”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃merǵ- (“to wipe”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mr̩kʂ/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /mr̩kʂ/

Root

मृक्ष् • (mṛkṣ)

to rub, stroke, smear

Derived terms

मृक्ष (mṛkṣa)
मृक्षति (mṛkṣati)
मृक्षिन् (mṛkṣin)
म्रक्षण (mrakṣaṇa)
म्रक्षति (mrakṣati)
म्रक्षयति (mrakṣayati)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “मृक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page मृक्ष्.

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