मृग

Sanskrit

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Definitions
  • a forest animal, wild beast
  • (especially) a deer, gazelle, antelope, stag, musk-deer

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥gás (forest animal).

Origin

Proto-Indo-Iranian

*mr̥gás

Gloss

forest animal

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