मूर्धन्

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Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰṓ
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥Hdʰā́
    Sanskrit मूर्धन् (mūrdhan)

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *mr̥Hdʰā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥Hdʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰṓ. Cognate with Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬀 (kamərəδa, “head”), Old English molda, Tocharian A malto (“firstly”), and perhaps Ancient Greek βλωθρός (blōthrós, “high (of trees)”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    मूर्धन् • (mūrdhán) stem, m

    1. the forehead, skull, head
    2. (figurative) the top of something, apex, summit; beginning, first
    3. (geometry) the base
    4. (linguistics) the roof/top of the palate
    5. (Buddhism) a state of exaltation

    Declension

    Masculine an-stem declension of मूर्धन् (mūrdhán)
    Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative मूर्धा
    mūrdhā́     		मूर्धानौ / मूर्धाना¹
    mūrdhā́nau / mūrdhā́nā¹     		मूर्धानः
    mūrdhā́naḥ
    Vocative मूर्धन्
    mū́rdhan     		मूर्धानौ / मूर्धाना¹
    mū́rdhānau / mū́rdhānā¹     		मूर्धानः
    mū́rdhānaḥ
    Accusative मूर्धानम्
    mūrdhā́nam     		मूर्धानौ / मूर्धाना¹
    mūrdhā́nau / mūrdhā́nā¹     		मूर्ध्नः
    mūrdhnáḥ
    Instrumental मूर्ध्ना
    mūrdhnā́     		मूर्धभ्याम्
    mūrdhábhyām     		मूर्धभिः
    mūrdhábhiḥ
    Dative मूर्ध्ने
    mūrdhné     		मूर्धभ्याम्
    mūrdhábhyām     		मूर्धभ्यः
    mūrdhábhyaḥ
    Ablative मूर्ध्नः
    mūrdhnáḥ     		मूर्धभ्याम्
    mūrdhábhyām     		मूर्धभ्यः
    mūrdhábhyaḥ
    Genitive मूर्ध्नः
    mūrdhnáḥ     		मूर्ध्नोः
    mūrdhnóḥ     		मूर्ध्नाम्
    mūrdhnā́m
    Locative मूर्ध्नि / मूर्धनि / मूर्धन्¹
    mūrdhní / mūrdháni / mūrdhán¹     		मूर्ध्नोः
    mūrdhnóḥ     		मूर्धसु
    mūrdhásu
    Notes
    • ¹Vedic

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    References

    • Monier Williams (1899) “मूर्धन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 826/1.
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mūrdhán”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 368
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 666
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