मच्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
  • मञ्च् (mañc)

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • মচ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬫᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • মচ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰦𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀫𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • မစ် (Burmese script)
  • મચ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਮਚ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌮𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦩꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂧𑂒𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಮಚ್ (Kannada script)
  • មច៑ (Khmer script)
  • ມຈ຺ (Lao script)
  • മച് (Malayalam script)
  • ᠮᠠᢜ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘦𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠮᠠᢋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧆𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐩𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ମଚ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢪꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆩𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖦𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • මච් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩴𑩡 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚢𑚏𑚶 (Takri script)
  • மச் (Tamil script)
  • మచ్ (Telugu script)
  • มจฺ (Thai script)
  • མ་ཙ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒧𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨢𑨣𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Probably a phonetic variant of मद् (mad, “to rejoice”).

Root

मच् • (mac)

  1. to cheat, be wicked or arrogant
Derived terms
  • मचते (macate)
  • मेचे (mece)

Etymology 2

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ-, *meh₂ḱ- (“to knead”), and thus cognate with Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō, “to handle, knead”) and English make.

Root

मच् • (mac)

  1. to pound, grind
Derived terms
  • मचते (macate)
  • मेचे (mece)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “मच्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 773/2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 117
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 378
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 548
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