मयूर

See also: मयूरी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मयूर (mayūra). Doublet of मोर (mor).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mə.juːɾ/
  • Rhymes: -uːɾ

Noun

मयूर • (mayūr) m

  1. a peacock
    Synonym: मोर (mor), मोरनी (hi) (mornī), मयूरी (hi) (mayūrī)

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mʌjur]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: मयुर्

Noun

मयूर • (mayūr)

  1. peacock

Sanskrit
mayū́ra: a peacock.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

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

Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of मयूर (mayū́ra)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मयूरः
mayū́raḥ		 मयूरौ
mayū́rau		 मयूराः / मयूरासः¹
mayū́rāḥ / mayū́rāsaḥ¹
Vocative मयूर
máyūra		 मयूरौ
máyūrau		 मयूराः / मयूरासः¹
máyūrāḥ / máyūrāsaḥ¹
Accusative मयूरम्
mayū́ram		 मयूरौ
mayū́rau		 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

Derived terms

Borrowed terms
  • Bengali: ময়ূর (moẏur)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: मयूर (mayūr)
    Urdu: میور‎
    • → Ormuri:
      Kaniguram: [script needed] (myaumurǧā́n) (+ مرغه‎ (mirgá, “hen, bird”))
    • → Pashto: میور‎ (myawr, maywə́r) (dialectal, Kohat)[5]
  • Old Javanese: [script needed] (mayūra), [script needed] (mañūra)
    • Javanese: ꦩꦚꦸꦫ (manyura)
  • Nepali: मयूर (mayūr)
  • Newar: मुयुर (muyura)
  • Old Khmer: មយូរ (mayūra)
  • Thai: มยูร, มยุร, มยุระ, มยุรา
  • Classical Tibetan:

Descendants
  • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑁄𑀭 (mora)
    • Bagheli: मोरइला (morailā)
    • Bhojpuri: 𑂧𑂷𑂩 (mor), मोर (mōr)
  • Ashokan Prakrit: [script needed] (majūla)
  • Dardic:
    • Kashmiri: مور‎ (mōr)
    • Shina: مَیُون‎ (mʌyū́n)
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Maharastri Prakrit:
  • Pali: mora
  • Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑁄𑀭 (mora)

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 [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (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
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