मुहुर्

See also: मोहरा, माहिर, and मिहिर

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

मुहु (muhu)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥ȷ́ʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥ǵʰús (“brief, short”), formed from the root *mreǵʰ-. Cognate with Latin brevis (“short”), Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short”), Russian бо́рзый (bórzyj, “swift, brisk”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mú.ɦuɾ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ɦuɾ/

Adverb

मुहुर् • (múhur)

suddenly, at once, in a moment
1. for a moment, a while
at every moment, constantly, incessantly
मुहुर्मुहुर् ― muhurmuhur ― again and again
on the other hand, on the contrary

References

Monier Williams (1899), “मुहुर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 825.

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