मृत्यु

Hindi

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मृत्यु (mṛtyu).

मृत्यु • (mŕtyu) f (Urdu spelling مرتیو)

Declension of मृत्यु (fem u-stem)

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥tyúš (“death”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬌𐬌𐬎 (mər^əθiiu), Old Persian 𐎶𐎼𐏁𐎡𐎹 (m-r-š-i-y /⁠məršiyu⁠/), Lithuanian mirtis, Latin mors.

मृत्यु • (mṛtyú) stem, m or f

death, dying
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.59.12:
  त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम्।
  उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान् मृत्योर् मुक्षीय मामृतात्॥
  tryámbakaṃ yajāmahe sugándhiṃ puṣṭivárdhanam. urvārukámiva bándhanān mṛtyór mukṣīya mā́mṛtāt.
  Tryambaka we worship, sweet augmenter of prosperity.
  As from its stem the cucumber, so may I be released from death, not reft of immortality.
death personified, the god of death, identified with Yama
- c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
(astrology) name of the 8th house
(astrology) name of the 17th yoga

Masculine u-stem declension of मृत्यु (mṛtyú)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मृत्युः mṛtyúḥ	मृत्यू mṛtyū́	मृत्यवः mṛtyávaḥ
Vocative	मृत्यो mṛ́tyo	मृत्यू mṛ́tyū	मृत्यवः mṛ́tyavaḥ
Accusative	मृत्युम् mṛtyúm	मृत्यू mṛtyū́	मृत्यून् mṛtyū́n
Instrumental	मृत्युना / मृत्य्वा¹ mṛtyúnā / mṛtyvā́¹	मृत्युभ्याम् mṛtyúbhyām	मृत्युभिः mṛtyúbhiḥ
Dative	मृत्यवे mṛtyáve	मृत्युभ्याम् mṛtyúbhyām	मृत्युभ्यः mṛtyúbhyaḥ
Ablative	मृत्योः mṛtyóḥ	मृत्युभ्याम् mṛtyúbhyām	मृत्युभ्यः mṛtyúbhyaḥ
Genitive	मृत्योः mṛtyóḥ	मृत्य्वोः mṛtyvóḥ	मृत्यूनाम् mṛtyūnā́m
Locative	मृत्यौ mṛtyaú	मृत्य्वोः mṛtyvóḥ	मृत्युषु mṛtyúṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine u-stem declension of मृत्यु (mṛtyú)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मृत्युः mṛtyúḥ	मृत्यू mṛtyū́	मृत्यवः mṛtyávaḥ
Vocative	मृत्यो mṛ́tyo	मृत्यू mṛ́tyū	मृत्यवः mṛ́tyavaḥ
Accusative	मृत्युम् mṛtyúm	मृत्यू mṛtyū́	मृत्यूः mṛtyū́ḥ
Instrumental	मृत्य्वा mṛtyvā́	मृत्युभ्याम् mṛtyúbhyām	मृत्युभिः mṛtyúbhiḥ
Dative	मृत्यवे / मृत्य्वै¹ mṛtyáve / mṛtyvaí¹	मृत्युभ्याम् mṛtyúbhyām	मृत्युभ्यः mṛtyúbhyaḥ
Ablative	मृत्योः / मृत्य्वाः¹ / मृत्य्वै² mṛtyóḥ / mṛtyvā́ḥ¹ / mṛtyvaí²	मृत्युभ्याम् mṛtyúbhyām	मृत्युभ्यः mṛtyúbhyaḥ
Genitive	मृत्योः / मृत्य्वाः¹ / मृत्य्वै² mṛtyóḥ / mṛtyvā́ḥ¹ / mṛtyvaí²	मृत्य्वोः mṛtyvóḥ	मृत्यूनाम् mṛtyūnā́m
Locative	मृत्यौ / मृत्य्वाम्¹ mṛtyaú / mṛtyvā́m¹	मृत्य्वोः mṛtyvóḥ	मृत्युषु mṛtyúṣu
Notes	¹Later Sanskrit ²Brāhmaṇas

Monier Williams (1899) “मृत्यु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0827.

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