Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“thief”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“thief”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
मूषा · noun · feminine
सोना आदि गलाने की घरिया । तैजसा- वर्तिनी · देवताड़ वक्ष · गोखरू का पौधा — Śabdasāgara
मूषा · mūshā · s.f.
= mūsh, and mūshikā, qq.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1091
Cited formation "मूषा" is मूष + -आ: मूष means "चूहा", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "मूषा" is मूष + -आ: मूष means "चूहा", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a round window, air-hole
Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mūṣā" is the instrumental of "mūṣ" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "mūṣā" is the feminine form of "mūṣa" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Related forms
Dictionary citations
mūṣā f. See below.
mūṣā f. Lipeocercis Serrata, Car.
a round window, air-hole, L.
mūṣā, mūṣikā 1 A female rat. 2 A crucible 3 An air-hole.
1. mūṣ (= √ 2. muṣ) cl. 1. P. mūṣati, to steal, rob, plunder, Dhātup. xvii, 25.
2. mūṣ m. f. ‘stealer, thief’, a mouse, RV. i, 105, 8.
mūṣa m. f(ā and ī). a rat, mouse, Pañcat.; L.
a crucible, MārkP.; Kull.; L.
Alternative readings
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