मील्

Sanskrit

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Etymology

    Speculated to be a colloquial "childlike corruption" of the root मिष् (miṣ, to wink, blink), via a series of sound shifts मिष् (miṣ) > *miẓḍ > *mīḍ > मील् (mīl).[1][2]

    Pronunciation

    Root

    मील् • (mīl)

    1. to close the eyes

    Derived terms

    Primary verbal forms
    • मील॑ति (mī́lati, present)
    • मीलिष्यति (mīliṣyati, future)
    • मीलिता (mīlitā, periphrastic future)
    • अमीलीत् (amīlīt, aorist)
    • मिमील (mimīla, perfect)
    Secondary forms
    • मील्यते (mīlyate, passive)
    • मीलयति (mīlayati, causative)
    • अमिमीलत् (amimīlat, causative aorist)
    • अमीमिलत् (amīmilat, causative aorist)
    • मिमीलिषति (mimīliṣati, desiderative)
    • मेमील्यते (memīlyate, intensive)
    • मेमील्ति (memīlti, intensive)
    Non-finite forms
    • मीलित (mīlita, past participle)
    • मील्य (mīlya, gerund)
    Derived nominal forms
    • मील (mīla)
    • मीलक (mīlaka)
    • मीलिन् (mīlin)
    • मीलन (mīlana)
    Prefixed root forms
    • आमिल् (āmil)
    • उन्मिल् (unmil)
    • निमील् (nimīl)
    • प्रमील् (pramīl)
    • प्रोन्मील् (pronmīl)
    • व्यामील् (vyāmīl)
    • संनिमील् (saṃnimīl)
    • समुन्मील् (samunmīl)
    • सम्मील् (sammīl)
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root मील् (0 c, 2 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root मील् (2 c, 0 e)

    References

    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “MĪL”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 359
    2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963), “mī́lati”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 644

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