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मृत्यु
मृत्यु
See also: मृत्य
Hindi
Noun
मृत्यु • (mŕtyu) f (Urdu spelling مرتیو)
- death
- यह रोगी मृत्यु के द्वार पर है।
- This patient is on the verge of death.
- जीवन और मृत्यु का प्रश्न है।
- It is a question of life and death.
- personification of Yama, the God of death
Synonyms
- मौत (maut)
References
Bahri, Hardev (1989), “मृत्यु”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons
Sanskrit
Etymology
Ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European root *mr̥t-, from *mer- (“to die”). Cognate to Lithuanian mirtis, Latin mors.
Noun
मृत्यु • (mṛtyú) m
- death, dying
- Death personified, the god of disease
- name of the god of love
- name of a particular ekāha
- (astrology) name of the 8th house
- (astrology) name of the 17th yoga
Declension
| Masculine u-stem declension of मृत्यु | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | मृत्योः (mṛtyoḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) | मृत्यू (mṛtyū) | मृत्यवः (mṛtyavaḥ) |
| Vocative | मृत्यो (mṛtyo) | मृत्यू (mṛtyū) | मृत्यवः (mṛtyavaḥ) |
| Accusative | मृत्युम् (mṛtyum) | मृत्यू (mṛtyū) | मृत्यून् (mṛtyūn) |
| Instrumental | मृत्युना (mṛtyunā) | मृत्युभ्याम् (mṛtyubhyām) | मृत्युभिः (mṛtyubhiḥ) |
| Dative | मृत्यवे (mṛtyave) | मृत्युभ्याम् (mṛtyubhyām) | मृत्युभ्यः (mṛtyubhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | मृत्योः (mṛtyoḥ) | मृत्युभ्याम् (mṛtyubhyām) | मृत्युभ्यः (mṛtyubhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | मृत्योः (mṛtyoḥ) | मृत्य्वोः (mṛtyvoḥ) | मृत्यूनाम् (mṛtyūnām) |
| Locative | मृत्यौ (mṛtyau) | मृत्य्वोः (mṛtyvoḥ) | मृत्युषु (mṛtyuṣu) |
Descendants
- Telugu: మృత్యువు (mr̥tyuvu)
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0827