Where does “ਮਾਂਜਾਰ” come from?

ਮਾਂਜਾਰ (Punjabi) comes from Sanskrit मार्जार, from Sanskrit मृज्, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃merǵ- — to wipe off, wipe clean.

ਮਾਂਜਾਰ (Punjabi): a tomcat

Definitions

  1. a tomcat

Ancestry of “ਮਾਂਜਾਰ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमार्जारcat; wild cat; civet cat
2Sanskritमृज्to wipe
3Proto-Indo-European*h₃merǵ-to wipe off, wipe clean
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₃merǵ- →Every word from Sanskrit मृज् →Every word from Sanskrit मार्जार →