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मयूर

See also: मयूरी

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

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

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

Declension edit

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

Nepali edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मयूर (mayūra)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

मयूर • (mayūra)

  1. peacock

Sanskrit edit

 
mayū́ra: a peacock.

Alternative scripts edit

Alternative scripts

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *mayVr (“peacock”).[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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

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

Declension edit

Masculine a-stem declension of मयूर (mayū́ra)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मयूरः
mayū́raḥ 		मयूरौ / मयूरा¹
mayū́rau / mayū́rā¹ 		मयूराः / मयूरासः¹
mayū́rāḥ / mayū́rāsaḥ¹
Vocative मयूर
máyūra 		मयूरौ / मयूरा¹
máyūrau / máyūrā¹ 		मयूराः / मयूरासः¹
máyūrāḥ / máyūrāsaḥ¹
Accusative मयूरम्
mayū́ram 		मयूरौ / मयूरा¹
mayū́rau / mayū́rā¹ 		मयूरान्
mayū́rān
Instrumental मयूरेण
mayū́reṇa 		मयूराभ्याम्
mayū́rābhyām 		मयूरैः / मयूरेभिः¹
mayū́raiḥ / 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
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

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References edit

  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (1999) “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations‎[1], 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 [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (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 edit

  • 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 [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 586-7
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