मिल्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • मेल् (mel)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Tedesco reconstructs *मिल्(ह्) (mil(h)) as the original form of the root, and derives it from *मिश्लति (miślati, to mix up), relating it ultimately to मिश्र (miśra, mixed). Not related to Ancient Greek ἅμιλλα (hámilla, competition, conflict).

Pronunciation

Root

मिल् • (mil)

  1. to meet (as friends or foes); to encounter; to join; to fall in with; to come together; to assemble; to concur; to combine

Derived terms

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “मिल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 817, column 3.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 121
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 405
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 640
  • P. M. Tedesco (1953) “Sanskrit Ā-mreḍ- ‘To Repeat’”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 73, number 2, American Oriental Society, page 80b
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