Where does “মুগ্ধ” come from?

মুগ্ধ (Bengali) comes from Sanskrit मुग्ध, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mugdʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mawgʰ- — to err, to deviate, to be foolish.

মুগ্ধ (Bengali): fascinated; enchanted; spellbound; engrossed

Definitions

  1. fascinated; enchanted; spellbound; engrossed

Ancestry of “মুগ্ধ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमुग्धperplexed, bewildered; gone astray, lost;...
2Proto-Indo-Iranianmugdʰás—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianmawgʰ-to err, to deviate, to be foolish
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mawgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mugdʰás →Every word from Sanskrit मुग्ध →