मौर्य

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मौर्य (maurya).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /mɔːɾ.jᵊ/

Proper noun

मौर्य • (maurya) m (Urdu spelling موریا)

Maurya, Mauryan Empire (an ancient empire in present-day India, Bangladesh and Pakistan)

Declension

Declension of मौर्य (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	मौर्य maurya
oblique	मौर्य maurya
vocative	मौर्य maurya

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

মৌৰ্য (Assamese script)
ᬫᭁᬃᬬ (Balinese script)
মৌর্য (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰻𑰨𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑁅𑀭𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
မော်ရျ (Burmese script)
મૌર્ય (Gujarati script)
ਮੌਰ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑍌𑌰𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦻꦴꦫꦾ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂸𑂩𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
ಮೌರ್ಯ (Kannada script)
មៅយ៌ (Khmer script)
ເມົາຣ຺ຍ (Lao script)
മൗര്യ (Malayalam script)
ᠮᠣᠣᡵᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘼𑘨𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
ᠮᠣᠧᠸᠠᠷᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑧝𑧈𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑑁𑐬𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
ମୌର୍ଯ (Odia script)
ꢪꣃꢬ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆿𑆫𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖻𑖨𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
මෞර්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩘𑩼 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚵𑚤𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
மௌர்ய (Tamil script)
మౌర్య (Telugu script)
เมารฺย (Thai script)
མཽ་རྱ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒾𑒩𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨈𑨫𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Originally an adjective form of मयूर (mayū́ra, “peacock”)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɑːwɾ.jɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑwɾ.jɐ/

Proper noun

मौर्य • (maurya) stem, m

Maurya, Mauryan Empire (an ancient empire in present-day India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nepal)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मौर्य (maurya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मौर्यः mauryaḥ	मौर्यौ / मौर्या¹ mauryau / mauryā¹	मौर्याः / मौर्यासः¹ mauryāḥ / mauryāsaḥ¹
Vocative	मौर्य maurya	मौर्यौ / मौर्या¹ mauryau / mauryā¹	मौर्याः / मौर्यासः¹ mauryāḥ / mauryāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मौर्यम् mauryam	मौर्यौ / मौर्या¹ mauryau / mauryā¹	मौर्यान् mauryān
Instrumental	मौर्येण mauryeṇa	मौर्याभ्याम् mauryābhyām	मौर्यैः / मौर्येभिः¹ mauryaiḥ / mauryebhiḥ¹
Dative	मौर्याय mauryāya	मौर्याभ्याम् mauryābhyām	मौर्येभ्यः mauryebhyaḥ
Ablative	मौर्यात् mauryāt	मौर्याभ्याम् mauryābhyām	मौर्येभ्यः mauryebhyaḥ
Genitive	मौर्यस्य mauryasya	मौर्ययोः mauryayoḥ	मौर्याणाम् mauryāṇām
Locative	मौर्ये maurye	मौर्ययोः mauryayoḥ	मौर्येषु mauryeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

→ Bhojpuri: मौर्य (maurya)
→ English: Maurya
→ Hindi: मौर्य (maurya)
→ Marathi: मौर्य (maurya)
→ Nepali: मौर्य (maurya)

References

Apte, Macdonell (2022) “मौर्य”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]

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