মৌ

Assamese

Alternative forms

• মৌজোল (mouzül)
• মৌৰস (mourox)

Etymology

Inherited from Early Assamese মউ (mou), from Magadhi Prakrit *𑀫𑀳𑀼 (*mahu), from Sanskrit মধু (madhu), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey, wine”). Cognates include Gujarati મધ (madh), Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu), Lithuanian medùs, Old Church Slavonic медъ (medŭ, “honey”), and Old English medu (English mead).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moʊ/

Noun

মৌ • (mou) (classifier -খিনি)

1. honey

Declension

Declension of মৌ
nominative	মৌ / মৌৱে mou / moue
genitive	মৌৰ mour
nominative	মৌ / মৌৱে mou / moue
accusative	মৌ / মৌক mou / mouk
dative	মৌলৈ mouloi
terminative	মৌলৈকে mouloike
instrumental	মৌৱে / মৌৰে moue / moure
genitive	মৌৰ mour
locative	মৌত mout
Notes
Noun: Assamese nouns are indefinite. They can be both singular and plural depending on the context. They are made definite by using classifiers and plural suffixes which also make them either singular and plural. Plural: The general plural suffixes are: -বোৰ (-bür) and -বিলাক (-bilak) (less common). Others which have specific functions include -সমূহ (-xomuh), -সকল (-xokol), -হঁত (-hõt) etc. Nominative: The -এ (-e) suffix is used when the noun works as an agent and the verb is transitive. Accusative: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise. Dative 1: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Dative 2: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Terminative: Vaguely -অলৈ (-oloi) can mark this case too. Instrumental 1: -এ (-e) is unemphatic and -এৰে (-ere) is emphatic and more common. Instrumental 2: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) is used instead of the default -এৰে (-ere) in Standard Assamese. Locative: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in repetition of the word, with adverbs and days of the week.

Derived terms

• মৌ পালক (mou palok)
• মৌ পালন (mou palon)
• মৌ সিতা (mou xita)
• মৌ-কোঁহ (mou-kü̃h)
• মৌ-মিঠা (mou-mitha)
• মৌচাক (mousak)
• মৌপিয়া (moupia)
• মৌমাখি (moumakhi)

 

Bengali

Alternative forms

• মউ (mou)

Etymology

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀫𑀳𑀼 (mahu), from Sanskrit मधु (madhu), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰu (“honey, wine”), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey, wine, mead”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu), English mead. Doublet of মধু (modhu).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /mou̯/, [ˈmou̯]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /mou̯/, [ˈmou̯]

Noun

মৌ • (mōu)

1. honey

Derived terms

• মৌমাছি (mōumachi)
• মৌচাক (mōucak)
• মৌল (mōul)

Proper noun

মৌ • (mōu)

1. a female given name, Mou