English
murti
Murti comes from Sanskrit मूर्ति ‘a solid body’, and goes back to मूर्छ् ‘to assume shape’.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमूर्छ्‘to assume shape’
- Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEमूर्तिmūrti‘a solid body’
- Englishtodaymurti
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमूर्छ्‘to assume shape’
- Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEमूर्तिmūrti‘a solid body’
- Englishtodaymurti
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to die’
remember, march, marine, murder, nightmare, mere, marsh, maritime, mortality, mare, mortal, mortar, mara, moor, morbid, morn, muller, mortuary, mort, marinate, moribund, marinara, maar, cormorant, 60 more
through Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós ‘mortal’
Today it means
noun A sacred image of a deity.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit मूर्छ् / murti