मूर्धन्
Sanskrit
editAlternative scripts
editAlternative scripts
- মূৰ্ধন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬹᬃᬥᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- মূর্ধন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰳𑰨𑰿𑰠𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀽𑀭𑁆𑀥𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- မူရ်္ဓန် (Burmese script)
- મૂર્ધન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮੂਰ੍ਧਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌧𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦹꦂꦣꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂴𑂩𑂹𑂡𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೂರ್ಧೝ (Kannada script)
- មូធ៌ន៑ (Khmer script)
- ມູຣ຺ຘນ຺ (Lao script)
- മൂര്ധന് (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡠᡠᡵᢡᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘴𑘨𑘿𑘠𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠤᠤᠷᢑᠾᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧕𑧈𑧠𑧀𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐹𑐬𑑂𑐢𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମୂର୍ଧନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢹꢬ꣄ꢤꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆷𑆫𑇀𑆣𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖳𑖨𑖿𑖠𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- මූර්ධන් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩒𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩮𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚱𑚤𑚶𑚜𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- மூர்த⁴ந் (Tamil script)
- మూర్ధౝ (Telugu script)
- มูรฺธนฺ (Thai script)
- མཱུ་རྡྷ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒴𑒩𑓂𑒡𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨃𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨜𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-Aryan *mr̥Hdʰā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥Hdʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰṓ. Cognate with Avestan 𐬐𐬀-𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬀 (ka-mərəδa, “head”), Old English molda, Tocharian A malto (“firstly”), and perhaps Ancient Greek βλωθρός (blōthrós, “high (of trees)”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editमूर्धन् • (mūrdhán) stem, m
- the forehead, skull, head
- (figurative) the top of something, apex, summit; beginning, first
- (geometry) the base
- (linguistics) the roof/top of the palate
- (Buddhism) a state of exaltation
Declension
editMasculine an-stem declension of मूर्धन् (mūrdhán) | |||
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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 |
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Derived terms
edit- मूर्धन्य (mūrdhanya, “retroflex”)
Descendants
edit- Dardic:
- Chilisso: [script needed] (mudə)
- Grangali: [script needed] (mūndə, “neck”)
- Kalasha: mọn
- Northeast Pashayi: [script needed] (muda, “upwards”)
- Northwest Pashayi: [script needed] (mundā)
- Helu Prakrit:
- Sinhalese: මුදුන (muduna)
- Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (muḍḍha), 𑀫𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥 (muddha)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (muḍḍha), 𑀫𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥 (muddha)
- Marathi: मुंढी (muṇḍhī)
- Pali: muddhan
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (muḍḍha), 𑀫𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥 (muddha)
References
edit- 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][1] (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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- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
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