मूष् mūṣ
girl / boy 1 syllable SLP1 mUz

Note: this spelling has no Hindi dictionary meaning of its own, and its Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“thief”). The nearest Hindi word below is a suggestion, not a meaning of this name.

As a Hindi name

Note: this spelling has no Hindi dictionary meaning of its own, and its Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“thief”). The nearest Hindi word below is a suggestion, not a meaning of this name.

Nearest attested word 'मूष्' does not appear as a word in our Hindi sources. The nearest word is मूष, meaning चूहा. — Śabdasāgara nearest word: मूष — a suggestion, not a meaning

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

A. (mūṣati, mūṣita) To steal, rob, plunder.

Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)

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Gender counterpart

The kosha attests this stem in the feminine and the masculine — the same name serves without alteration.

Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · मूष्

1. mūṣ (= √ 2. muṣ) cl. 1. P. mūṣati, to steal, rob, plunder, Dhātup. xvii, 25.

Monier-Williams (1899) · मूष्

2. mūṣ m. f. ‘stealer, thief’, a mouse, RV. i, 105, 8.

Monier-Williams (1899) · मूष्

mūṣ [cf. Gk. μῦς; Lat. mus; Slav. myšǐ; Germ. mûs, Maus; Eng. mouse.]

Apte (1890) · मूष्

mūṣ 1 A. (mūṣati, mūṣita) To steal, rob, plunder.

Alternative readings

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