मयूर

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See also: मयूरी

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मयूर (mayūra). Doublet of मोर (mor).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /mə.juːɾ/,
  • Hyphenation: म‧यूर
  • Rhymes: -uːɾ

Noun

मयूर • (mayūr) m (feminine मयूरी, Urdu spelling مَیُور)

  1. a peacock
    Synonyms: मोर (mor), (feminine) मोरनी (mornī)

Declension

Declension of मयूर (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct मयूर
mayūr 		मयूर
mayūr
oblique मयूर
mayūr 		मयूरों
mayūrõ
vocative मयूर
mayūr 		मयूरो
mayūro

Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मयूर (mayūra)

Pronunciation

Noun

मयूर • (mayūra)

  1. peacock

Sanskrit

mayū́ra: a peacock.

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *mayVr (“peacock”).

Pronunciation

Noun

मयूर • (mayū́ra) stem, m (feminine मयूरी)

  1. peacock (YV., MBh., etc.)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मयूर
singular dual plural
nominative मयूरः (mayū́raḥ) मयूरौ (mayū́rau)
मयूरा¹ (mayū́rā¹) 		मयूराः (mayū́rāḥ)
मयूरासः¹ (mayū́rāsaḥ¹)
accusative मयूरम् (mayū́ram) मयूरौ (mayū́rau)
मयूरा¹ (mayū́rā¹) 		मयूरान् (mayū́rān)
instrumental मयूरेण (mayū́reṇa) मयूराभ्याम् (mayū́rābhyām) मयूरैः (mayū́raiḥ)
मयूरेभिः¹ (mayū́rebhiḥ¹)
dative मयूराय (mayū́rāya) मयूराभ्याम् (mayū́rābhyām) मयूरेभ्यः (mayū́rebhyaḥ)
ablative मयूरात् (mayū́rāt) मयूराभ्याम् (mayū́rābhyām) मयूरेभ्यः (mayū́rebhyaḥ)
genitive मयूरस्य (mayū́rasya) मयूरयोः (mayū́rayoḥ) मयूराणाम् (mayū́rāṇām)
locative मयूरे (mayū́re) मयूरयोः (mayū́rayoḥ) मयूरेषु (mayū́reṣu)
vocative मयूर (máyūra) मयूरौ (máyūrau)
मयूरा¹ (máyūrā¹) 		मयूराः (máyūrāḥ)
मयूरासः¹ (máyūrāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

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Descendants

References

  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (1999) “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations‎, Helsinki, page 4
  2. ^ Masica, Colin P. (1993) The Indo-Aryan Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 40
  3. ^ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 37.
  4. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen ‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 317
  5. ^ Morgenstierne, Georg (2003) Elfenbein, J., MacKenzie, D. N., Sims-Williams, Nicholas, editors, A New Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN

Further reading

  • Monier Williams (1899) “मयूर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 789/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen ‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 586-7
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