# मुच्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* মুচ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬫᬸᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
* মুচ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰲𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑀼𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* မုစ် (Burmese script)
* મુચ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਮੁਚ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑍁𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦸꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂳𑂒𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಮುಚ್ (Kannada script)
* មុច៑ (Khmer script)
* ມຸຈ຺ (Lao script)
* മുച് (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᡠᢜ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘳𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠤᢋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑧔𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑐸𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
* ମୁଚ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢪꢸꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆶𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖲𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
* මුච් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩒𑩡 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚰𑚏𑚶 (Takri script)
* முச் (Tamil script)
* ముచ్ (Telugu script)
* มุจฺ (Thai script)
* མུ་ཙ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒳𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨃𑨣𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /mut͡ɕ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /mut͡ɕ/

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *mawk-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *(s)mawk-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk- (“to release, slip”).

#### Root

मुच् • (muc)
* to free, liberate

##### Derived terms
###### Primary Verbal Forms

* मुञ्चति (muñcáti, Present)
* मोक्ष्यति (mokṣyáti, Future)
* मोक्ता (moktā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अमोक् (ámok, Aorist)
* अमुचत् (ámucat, Aorist)
* अमौक् (ámauk, Aorist)
* मुमोच (mumóca, Perfect)

###### Secondary Forms

* मुच्यते (mucyáte, Passive)
* मुच्यति (mucyati, Passive)
* अमोचि (ámoci, Passive Aorist)
* मोचयति (mocáyati, Causative)
* अमूमुचत् (ámūmucat, Causative Aorist)
* मुमुक्षति (mumukṣati, Desiderative)
* मुमोचयिषति (mumocayiṣati, Desiderative of Causative)
* मोमुच्यते (momucyate, Intensive)
* मोमोक्ति (momokti, Intensive)

###### Non-Finite Forms

* मुक्त (muktá, Past Participle)
* मोक्तुम् (móktum, Infinitive)
* मोकम् (mókam, Infinitive)
* मुक्त्वा (muktvā́, Gerund)
* मुच्य (múcya, Gerund)
* मोच्य (mocya, Gerundive)
* मोक्तव्य (moktavya, Gerundive)
* मोचनीय (mocanīya, Gerundive)
* मोचयितव्य (mocayitavya, Causative Gerundive)
* मुमुक्षु (mumukṣú, Desiderative Participle)
* मुमोचयिषु (mumocayiṣu, Desiderative Participle of Causative)

###### Derived Nominal Forms

* मुक्ति (múkti)
* मुच् (muc)
* मुच (muca)
* मुचि (muci)
* मुची (mucī)
* मुचु (mucu)
* मुच्यु (mucyu)
* मुमुक्षा (mumukṣā)
* मुमुचु (mumucu)
* मोक (moka)
* मोकी (mokī)
* मोक्तृ (moktṛ)
* मोक्य (mokya)
* मोच (moca)
* मोचक (mocaka)
* मोचन (mocana)
* मोचयितृ (mocayitṛ)
* मोचिन् (mocin)

##### See also

* मोक्ष् (mokṣ)

#### Adjective

मुच् • (muc) stem
* freeing or delivering (from)
* letting go or letting fall, dropping, discharging, shooting, sending

##### Declension
#### Noun

मुच् • (muc) stem, f
* deliverance

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See मच् (mac).

#### Root

मुच् • (muc)
* Alternative form of मच् (mac, “to cheat, deceive”)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “मुच्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 820/3, 821/2.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 122
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 360; 382