मरीच

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

মৰীচ (Assamese script)
ᬫᬭᬷᬘ (Balinese script)
মরীচ (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰨𑰱𑰓 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀭𑀻𑀘 (Brahmi script)
မရီစ (Burmese script)
મરીચ (Gujarati script)
ਮਰੀਚ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑌰𑍀𑌚 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦫꦷꦕ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂩𑂲𑂒 (Kaithi script)
ಮರೀಚ (Kannada script)
មរីច (Khmer script)
ມຣີຈ (Lao script)
മരീച (Malayalam script)
ᠮᠠᡵᡳᡳᢜᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘨𑘲𑘓 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᠷᠢᠢᢋᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑧈𑧓𑦳 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐬𑐷𑐔 (Newa script)
ମରୀଚ (Odia script)
ꢪꢬꢷꢗ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆫𑆵𑆖 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖨𑖱𑖓 (Siddham script)
මරීච (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩼𑩑𑩛𑩡 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚤𑚯𑚏 (Takri script)
மரீச (Tamil script)
మరీచ (Telugu script)
มรีจ (Thai script)
མ་རཱི་ཙ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒩𑒲𑒔 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨫𑨁𑨊𑨣 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From मरिच (marica).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɾiː.t͡ɕɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɾiː.t͡ɕɐ/
Hyphenation: म‧री‧च

Noun

मरीच • (marīca) stem, n

peppercorn

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of मरीच
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मरीचम् (marīcam)	मरीचे (marīce)	मरीचानि (marīcāni) मरीचा¹ (marīcā¹)
accusative	मरीचम् (marīcam)	मरीचे (marīce)	मरीचानि (marīcāni) मरीचा¹ (marīcā¹)
instrumental	मरीचेन (marīcena)	मरीचाभ्याम् (marīcābhyām)	मरीचैः (marīcaiḥ) मरीचेभिः¹ (marīcebhiḥ¹)
dative	मरीचाय (marīcāya)	मरीचाभ्याम् (marīcābhyām)	मरीचेभ्यः (marīcebhyaḥ)
ablative	मरीचात् (marīcāt)	मरीचाभ्याम् (marīcābhyām)	मरीचेभ्यः (marīcebhyaḥ)
genitive	मरीचस्य (marīcasya)	मरीचयोः (marīcayoḥ)	मरीचानाम् (marīcānām)
locative	मरीचे (marīce)	मरीचयोः (marīcayoḥ)	मरीचेषु (marīceṣu)
vocative	मरीच (marīca)	मरीचे (marīce)	मरीचानि (marīcāni) मरीचा¹ (marīcā¹)

¹Vedic

Descendants

Dardic:
- Kashmiri: مَرٕژ (marụċ), مَرژ (marċ), مَرِژ (mariċ)
- Shina: مارچ (mā́ruč)
Pali: marica
Prakrit: 𑀫𑀭𑀺𑀅 (maria), 𑀫𑀺𑀭𑀺𑀅 (miria)
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Awadhi: मिर्चा (mircā)
    - Hindustani: mirī, maric, miric, mirc
      Hindi: मिरी, मरिच, मिरिच, मिर्च
      
      Urdu: مِرِي, مَرِچ, مِرِچ, مِرْچ
      - → Classical Persian: مِرْچ (mirč), مُرْچ (murč), مَرِچ (marič)
        → Baluchi: مرچ (mirc)
        → Bashkir: борос (boros)
        → Chagatai: مرچ (mrč /⁠murč⁠/)
        Uyghur: مۇرچ (murch)
        Uzbek: murch
        → Kazakh: бұрыш (būryş)
        → Kyrgyz: мурч (murc)
        → Old Uyghur: [script needed] (murč, “Piper nigrum”)^[1]
        → Southern Altai: мырч (mïrč)
        → Turkmen: burç
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Assamese: মৰিচ (moris)
    - Bengali: মিরি (miri), মরিচ (moric)
    - Bihari: मरिच (maric), मरिचा (maricā), मिरिच (miric), मिर्चा (mircā)
      - Bhojpuri: मरिचा (maricā)
      - Maithili: मरिचा (maricā), मिर्चाइ (mircāɨ)
    - Odia: ମିରି (miri), ମରିଚ (marica)
- Northern:
  - Khasa Prakrit:
    - Eastern Pahari:
      - Nepali: मरिच (maric)
    - Western Pahari:
      - Bhadrawahi: मिर्च (mirc)
- Northwestern:
  - Paisaci Prakrit:
    - Takka Apabhramsa:
      - Punjabi: marc, marcā̃, mirc, miric, mirᵃc
        Gurmukhi script: ਮਰ੍ਚ, ਮਰ੍ਚਾਂ, ਮਿਰ੍ਚ, ਮਿਰਿਚ, ਮਿਰਚ
        
        Shahmukhi script: مِرچ, مِرچَاں, مِرْچ, مِرِچ, مِرچ
        
        Lahnda:
        Southern Hindko: مرچ (maruc)
    - Vracada Apabhramsa:
      - Sindhi: mirī, miru, mirca, mircī
        Arabic script: مِرِي (mirī), مِرُ (miru), مِرچَ (mirca), مِرچِی
        
        Devanagari script: मिरी, मिरु, मिर्च, मिर्ची
        
        Jadgali: [script needed] (mirc)
- Southern:
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Dhivehi: މިރުސް (mirus), މިރިސް (miris)
    - Sinhalese: මිරිස් (miris)
  - Maharastri Prakrit:
    - Konkani: mīri
      Devanagari script: मीरि (mīri)
      
      Latin script: miri
      
      Kannada script: ಮೀರಿ
    - Marathi: मिरे (mire), मिरची (mircī)
- Western:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Gujarati: મરી (marī), મરચી (marcī), મરચું (marcũ)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “मरीच”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 790/1.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “marica”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 567

^ Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 351

[1] Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 351

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