# मृत
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मृ॒त (mṛtá). Doublet of मुआ (muā) and मुरदा (murdā).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /mɾɪt̪/

### Adjective

मृत • (mŕt) (indeclinable)
* dead, deceased
    Synonyms: मरा (marā), मुर्दा (murdā)
    Antonyms: ज़िंदा (zindā), जीवित (jīvit)

#### Related terms

* मृतप्राय (mŕtaprāy)
* मृत्यु (mŕtyu)

### Further reading

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मृत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मृ॒त (mṛtá).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɾu.t̪ə/

### Adjective

मृत • (mŕta)
* dead, deceased
    Synonyms: मयत (mayat), मेलेले (melele), स्वर्गीय (svargīy), स्वर्गवासी (svargavāsī)
    Antonym: जिवंत (jivanta)

#### Derived terms

* मृत समुद्र (mŕta samudra, “dead sea”)

#### Related terms

* मृत्यू (mrutyū, “death”)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “मृत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* মৃত (Assamese script)
* ᬫᬺᬢ (Balinese script)
* মৃত (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰴𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑀾𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* မၖတ (Burmese script)
* મૃત (Gujarati script)
* ਮ੍ਰਤ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑍃𑌤 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦽꦠ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑃂𑂞 (Kaithi script)
* ಮೃತ (Kannada script)
* ម្ឫត (Khmer script)
* ມ຺ຣິຕ (Lao script)
* മൃത (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᡵᡳᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘵𑘝 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠷᠢᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑧖𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑐺𑐟 (Newa script)
* ମୃତ (Odia script)
* ꢪꢺꢡ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆸𑆠 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖴𑖝 (Siddham script)
* මෘත (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩙𑩫 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚙 (Takri script)
* ம்ரித (Tamil script)
* మృత (Telugu script)
* มฺฤต (Thai script)
* མྲྀ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒵𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨼𑨉𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥tás, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós, from *mer- + *-tós. Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀 (mər$^ə$ta), Latin mortuus, Ancient Greek βροτός (brotós), Persian مرده (morde). By surface analysis, मृ (mṛ, root) +‎ -त (-ta).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /mr̩.tɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /mr̩.t̪ɐ/

### Adjective

मृ॒त • (mṛtá) stem (root मृ)
* dead, deceased
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.18.3:इ॒मे जी॒वा वि मृ॒तैर्आव॑वृत्र॒न्नभू॑द्भ॒द्रा दे॒वहू॑तिर्नो अ॒द्य। प्राञ्चो॑ अगाम नृ॒तये॒ हसा॑य॒ द्राघी॑य॒ आयुः॑ प्रत॒रं दधा॑नाः॥imé jīvā́ ví mṛtaírā́vavṛtrannábhūdbhadrā́ deváhūtirno adyá. prā́ñco agāma nṛtáye hásāya drā́ghīya ā́yuḥ prataráṃ dádhānāḥ.Divided from the dead are these, the living: now be our calling on the Gods successful. We have gone forth for dancing and for laughter, to further times prolonging our existence.
* death-like, torpid, rigid
** c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
* departed, vanished (as consciousness)
* vain, useless
* calcined, reduced (said of metals)

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

#### Related terms

* अ॒मृत॑ (amṛ́ta)

#### Descendants

* Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀫𑀢 (mata)
** Prakrit: 𑀫𑀅 (maa), 𑀫𑀼𑀅 (mua), 𑀫𑀬 (maya) — Jain Māhārāṣṭrī, 𑀫𑀴 (maḷa) — Māgadhī, 𑀫𑀼𑀤 (muda) — Śaurasenī (see there for further descendants)
* Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀫𑀝 (maṭa)
** Prakrit: 𑀫𑀟 (maḍa), 𑀫𑀴 (maḷa) — Māgadhī (see there for further descendants)
* Ashokan Prakrit: 𐨨𐨂𐨚 (muṭa)
* Gandhari: 𐨨𐨂𐨡 (muda)
* Niya Prakrit: 𐨨𐨃𐨡 (mṛda)
* Pali: mata

##### Borrowed terms

* → Bengali: মৃত (mrito)
* → Gujarati: મૃત (mŕt)
* → Hindi: मृत (mŕt) (learned)
* → Kannada: ಮೃತ (mṛta)
* → Khmer: ម្រឹត (mrɨt)
* → Marathi: मृत (mrut) (learned)
* → Tamil: மிருதம் (mirutam)

### Noun

मृत • (mṛta) stem, n
* death
** c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata

#### Related terms

* मर॑ति (márati)
* मृ॒त्यु (mṛtyú)
* मर्त्य॑ (mártya)
* मर्त॑ (márta)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “मृत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 827, column 2.