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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مو (mō)/موی (mōy).
Pronunciation
Noun
मू • (mū) m
- hair
- Synonym: बाल (bāl)
Declension
Declension of मू (masc ū-stem)
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singular
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plural
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मू
mū
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मू
mū
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| oblique
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मू
mū
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मुओं
muõ
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| vocative
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मू
mū
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मुओ
muo
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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মূ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬹ (Balinese script)
- মূ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀽 (Brahmi script)
- မူ (Burmese script)
- મૂ (Gujarati script)
- ਮੂ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍂 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦹ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂴 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೂ (Kannada script)
- មូ (Khmer script)
- ມູ (Lao script)
- മൂ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘴 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐹 (Newa script)
- ମୂ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢹ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆷 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖳 (Siddham script)
- මූ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚱 (Takri script)
- மூ (Tamil script)
- మూ (Telugu script)
- มู (Thai script)
- མཱུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Probably related to मूत (mūta, “bound; a woven basket”),[1][2] as well as Proto-Iranian *mauda- (“hair”) (whence Persian مو (mu, “hair”)).[3] Possibly related to मीव् (mīv, “to move”) as a form of "setting in motion by pushing and pressing (binding actions)".[1]
Pronunciation
Root
मू • (mū)
- to bind, tie, fix
Derived terms
Adjective
मू • (mū) stem
- binding, tying, fixing
Declension
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Noun
मू • (mū) stem, f
- the act of binding or tying
Declension
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 365; 365-66
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 602-3
- ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 283