मुरली

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit मुरली (muralī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mʊɾ.liː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

मुरली • (murlī) f (Urdu spelling مرلی)

1. (music) flute, pipe

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মুৰলী (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬸᬭᬮᬷ (Balinese script)
• মুরলী (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰲𑰨𑰩𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀼𑀭𑀮𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• မုရလီ (Burmese script)
• મુરલી (Gujarati script)
• ਮੁਰਲੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍁𑌰𑌲𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦸꦫꦭꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂳𑂩𑂪𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಮುರಲೀ (Kannada script)
• មុរលី (Khmer script)
• ມຸຣລີ (Lao script)
• മുരലീ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡠᡵᠠᠯᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘳𑘨𑘩𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠤᠷᠠᠯᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧔𑧈𑧉𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐸𑐬𑐮𑐷 (Newa script)
• ମୁରଲୀ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢸꢬꢭꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆶𑆫𑆬𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖲𑖨𑖩𑖱 (Siddham script)
• මුරලී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩒𑩼𑩽𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚰𑚤𑚥𑚯 (Takri script)
• முரலீ (Tamil script)
• మురలీ (Telugu script)
• มุรลี (Thai script)
• མུ་ར་ལཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒳𑒩𑒪𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨃𑨫𑨬𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *mur. Cognate to Sanskrit मुरज (muraja). Compare Tamil முரல் (mural), Telugu మొరయు (morayu).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mu.ɾɐ.liː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ɾɐ.l̪iː/

Noun

मुरली • (muralī) stem, f

1. (music) flute, pipe

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of मुरली
Nom. sg.	मुरली (muralī)
Gen. sg.	मुरल्याः (muralyāḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मुरली (muralī)	मुरल्यौ (muralyau)	मुरल्यः (muralyaḥ)
Vocative	मुरलि (murali)	मुरल्यौ (muralyau)	मुरल्यः (muralyaḥ)
Accusative	मुरलीम् (muralīm)	मुरल्यौ (muralyau)	मुरलीः (muralīḥ)
Instrumental	मुरल्या (muralyā)	मुरलीभ्याम् (muralībhyām)	मुरलीभिः (muralībhiḥ)
Dative	मुरल्यै (muralyai)	मुरलीभ्याम् (muralībhyām)	मुरलीभ्यः (muralībhyaḥ)
Ablative	मुरल्याः (muralyāḥ)	मुरलीभ्याम् (muralībhyām)	मुरलीभ्यः (muralībhyaḥ)
Genitive	मुरल्याः (muralyāḥ)	मुरल्योः (muralyoḥ)	मुरलीनाम् (muralīnām)
Locative	मुरल्याम् (muralyām)	मुरल्योः (muralyoḥ)	मुरलीषु (muralīṣu)

Descendants

• Assamese: মুৰুৰী (mururi), মুৰুলী (muruli)
• Bengali: মুরলি (murli), মুরলী (murli)
• Hindi: murlī

  Hindi: मुरली

  Urdu: مُرْلِی

  • → Pashto: مورلۍ
• Nepali: मुरलि (murali)
• Punjabi: murliyu

  Gurmukhi script: ਮੁਰਲੀ

  Shahmukhi script: مُرْلِی

• Sindhi: murlī

  Arabic script: مُرلِيُ

  Devanagari script: मुर्लियु

Borrowed terms

• → Tamil: முரளி (muraḷi)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मुरली”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0823.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “muralī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press