The Sanskrit term Miśr can be transliterated into English as Misr or Mishr, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Miśr (मिश्र्).—1 U. (miśrayati-te; strictly a demon. from miśra)

1) To mix, mingle, unite, blend, combine, add; वाचं न मिश्रयति यद्यपि मे वचोभिः (vācaṃ na miśrayati yadyapi me vacobhiḥ) Ś.1.3; न मिश्रयति लोचने (na miśrayati locane) Bv. 2.14.

2) To add to.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Miśr (मिश्र्).—r. 10th cl. (miśrayati-te) To mix, to join, to blend, to combine.

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Misr (मिस्र्).—r. 10th cl. (misrayati) To mix, to mingle or join.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Miśr (मिश्र्).—and † misr Misr, i. 10 (rather a [denominative.] derived from miśra), [Parasmaipada.] To mix, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 30. miśrita, 1. Mixed, [Pañcatantra] 215, 2. 2. Respected (i. e. miśra + ita, cf. miśra).

— With the prep. vi vi, To put in disorder, Mahābhārata 1, 3282.

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Misr (मिस्र्).—see miśr.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Miśr (मिश्र्):—(also written misr, properly [Nominal verb] [from] miśra below) [class] 10. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxxv, 67]) miśrayati (or miśrāpayati, [Vopadeva]), to mix, mingle, blend, combine (‘with’, [instrumental case]), [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to add, [Sūryasiddhānta]

2) cf. [Greek] μίσγω, μίγνυμι.; [Latin] miscere; [Slavonic or Slavonian] mesiti; [Lithuanian] místi, maisztas; [German] misken, mischen; [Anglo-Saxon] miscian; [English] mix.

3) Misr (मिस्र्):—See miśr, p. 817, col. 3.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Misr (मिस्र्):—(li) misrayati 10. a. To mix.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Starts with (+76): Mishra, Mishra agnihotrin, Mishra Apurnanka, Mishra balakrishna, Mishra dhodhra, Mishra hitalala sharman, Mishra jagannatha, Mishra latakana, Mishra rucinatha, Mishra sananda, Mishra somayajin, Mishra-dhatu, Mishra-vakya, Mishraapurnika, Mishrabhana, Mishrabhava, Mishracarya prithividhara, Mishracaturbhuja, Mishracaura, Mishrachaura.

Ends with: Sammishr, Vimishr.

Full-text (+27): Miśrita, Mishrana, Salamiciri, Sammishr, Mishra, Mishri, Mishrin, Mishribhavakarman, Mishla, Mishraka, Mishravishkambhaka, Mishritamahatmya, Vimishr, Micirtecam, Mishrata, Mishradhana, Mishrakavyavahara, Mishrakeshi, Mishrakeshava, Mishraniya.

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