मूषक
Appearance
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- মূষক (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬹᬱᬓ (Balinese script)
- মূষক (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰳𑰬𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀽𑀱𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- မူၑက (Burmese script)
- મૂષક (Gujarati script)
- ਮੂਸ਼ਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍂𑌷𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦹꦰꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂴𑂭𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೂಷಕ (Kannada script)
- មូឞក (Khmer script)
- ມູຩກ (Lao script)
- മൂഷക (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡠᡠᢢᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘴𑘬𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠤᠤᢔᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧕𑧌𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐹𑐲𑐎 (Newa script)
- ମୂଷକ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢹꢰꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆷𑆰𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖳𑖬𑖎 (Siddham script)
- මූෂක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩒𑩛𑪀𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚱𑚊 (Takri script)
- மூஷக (Tamil script)
- మూషక (Telugu script)
- มูษก (Thai script)
- མཱུ་ཥ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒴𑒭𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨃𑨊𑨯𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]From मूष् (mūṣ, “to steal, rob, plunder", literally "mouse”) + -अक (-aka).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]मूषक • (mūṣaka) stem, m
- (literally) rat, mouse
- (figuratively) thief, plunderer
- a particular part of the face (= करविरक (kara-viraka))
- a kind of metre
- (in the plural) name of a people
Declension
[edit]Masculine a-stem declension of मूषक (mūṣaka) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | मूषकः mūṣakaḥ |
मूषकौ / मूषका¹ mūṣakau / mūṣakā¹ |
मूषकाः / मूषकासः¹ mūṣakāḥ / mūṣakāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | मूषक mūṣaka |
मूषकौ / मूषका¹ mūṣakau / mūṣakā¹ |
मूषकाः / मूषकासः¹ mūṣakāḥ / mūṣakāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | मूषकम् mūṣakam |
मूषकौ / मूषका¹ mūṣakau / mūṣakā¹ |
मूषकान् mūṣakān |
Instrumental | मूषकेण mūṣakeṇa |
मूषकाभ्याम् mūṣakābhyām |
मूषकैः / मूषकेभिः¹ mūṣakaiḥ / mūṣakebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | मूषकाय mūṣakāya |
मूषकाभ्याम् mūṣakābhyām |
मूषकेभ्यः mūṣakebhyaḥ |
Ablative | मूषकात् mūṣakāt |
मूषकाभ्याम् mūṣakābhyām |
मूषकेभ्यः mūṣakebhyaḥ |
Genitive | मूषकस्य mūṣakasya |
मूषकयोः mūṣakayoḥ |
मूषकाणाम् mūṣakāṇām |
Locative | मूषके mūṣake |
मूषकयोः mūṣakayoḥ |
मूषकेषु mūṣakeṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
[edit]- → Telugu: మూషకము (mūṣakamu)
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “मूषक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 827.