Indo-Aryan *mr̩ndati [0-112853]

[mr̥dnā́ti (= márdati) MBh., and marmartu RV. (if < °rttu). — In some NIA. lggs. márdati and mr̥ndati have coalesced so that it is not possible in all cases to distinguish from which the modern word stems; e.g. Or. māṛibā may be either < mard- or < mr̥nd- (with mā̃- written as mā-); Si. man̆ḍ-, maḍ- may be either < mr̥nd- or < mard- with nasality from initial m-. Inter-dialectal spread of forms accounts for further confusions: e.g. Paš. muṇḍ- ~ maṇḍ- are both prob. < mr̥ndati. Semantically there is also overlap with mánthati. — √mr̥d]