मृद्

Etymology 1
From, from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬).

Noun

 * 1) earth, soil, clay, loam
 * 2) a piece of earth, lump of clay
 * 3) a kind of fragrant earth
 * 4) aluminous slate

Etymology 2
From a conflation of two roots, (represented by ) and,  (represented by ). The two roots became confused within Indo-Aryan early on during the Vedic era. Examples for each root include for the former, and  and perhaps for the latter.

Root

 * 1) to press, squeeze, crush, smash, trample down, tread upon,
 * 2) to destroy, kill, waste, ravage, kill, slay
 * 3) to rub, stroke, wipe (e.g. the forehead)
 * 4) to rub into, mingle with
 * 5) to rub against, touch, pass through (a constellation)
 * 6) to overcome, surpass