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What is the Sanskrit name of deer?

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Shankar Raman
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What is the Sanskrit name of deer?
What is the Sanskrit name of deer?
Manasi Wangikar
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मृगः।
मृगः। Deer is called मृगः(mṛgaḥ)in Sanskrit. Etymology-मृगयते अन्वेषयति तृणादिकं मृम्यते वा इति । मृग् + इगुपधत्वात् कर्त्तरि च कः। हरिणः(hariṇaḥ)is a similar word for deer in Sanskrit.