मोह
Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑁄𑀳 (moha), from Sanskrit मोह (móha).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /moːɦ/
Declension
Declension of मोह (masc cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | मोह moh |
मोह moh |
| oblique | मोह moh |
मोहों mohõ |
| vocative | मोह moh |
मोहो moho |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मोह”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 837
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- moha (Latin script)
- 𑀫𑁄𑀳 (Brahmi script)
- মোহ (Bengali script)
- මොහ (Sinhalese script)
- မောဟ or မေႃႁ (Burmese script)
- โมห or โมหะ (Thai script)
- ᨾᩮᩣᩉ (Tai Tham script)
- ໂມຫ or ໂມຫະ (Lao script)
- មោហ (Khmer script)
- 𑄟𑄮𑄦 (Chakma script)
Declension
Declension table of "मोह" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | मोहो (moho) | मोहा (mohā) |
| Accusative (second) | मोहं (mohaṃ) | मोहे (mohe) |
| Instrumental (third) | मोहेन (mohena) | मोहेहि (mohehi) or मोहेभि (mohebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | मोहस्स (mohassa) or मोहाय (mohāya) or मोहत्थं (mohatthaṃ) | मोहानं (mohānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | मोहस्मा (mohasmā) or मोहम्हा (mohamhā) or मोहा (mohā) | मोहेहि (mohehi) or मोहेभि (mohebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | मोहस्स (mohassa) | मोहानं (mohānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | मोहस्मिं (mohasmiṃ) or मोहम्हि (mohamhi) or मोहे (mohe) | मोहेसु (mohesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | मोह (moha) | मोहा (mohā) |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬫᭀᬳ (Balinese script)
- মোহ (Assamese script)
- মোহ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰺𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑁄𑀳 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌮𑍋𑌹 (Grantha script)
- મોહ (Gujarati script)
- ਮੋਹ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦩꦺꦴꦲ (Javanese script)
- មោហ (Khmer script)
- ಮೋಹ (Kannada script)
- ໂມຫ (Lao script)
- മോഹ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘦𑘻𑘮 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠣᠸᠠᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᠮᠣᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
- မောဟ (Burmese script)
- 𑧆𑧜𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑑀𑐴 (Newa script)
- ମୋହ (Oriya script)
- ꢪꣂꢲ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆾𑆲 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖺𑖮 (Siddham script)
- මෝහ (Sinhalese script)
- మోహ (Telugu script)
- โมห (Thai script)
- མོ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒼𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *máwǰʰas, from the root *mawǰʰ- ~ *mawgʰ- (“to err, to be foolish, to deviate”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬆𐬴𐬆𐬨𐬀𐬊𐬖𐬀 (əṣ̌əmaoγa, “teacher of false doctrines”), Middle Persian 'hl-mwg'n (“heretics”).
Noun
मोह • (móha) m
- loss of consciousness, bewilderment, perplexity, distraction, infatuation, delusion, error, folly
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 8.8.9:
- सेदिरुग्रा व्यृद्धिरार्तिश्चानपवाचना ।
श्रमस्तन्द्रीश्च मोहश्च तैरमून् अभि दधामि सर्वान् ॥- sedirugrā vyṛddhirārtiścānapavācanā .
śramastandrīśca mohaśca tairamūn abhi dadhāmi sarvān . - Great weakness and misfortune, pain which words can never charm away,
Languor, fatigue, bewilderment, with these I compass all the foes.
- sedirugrā vyṛddhirārtiścānapavācanā .
- सेदिरुग्रा व्यृद्धिरार्तिश्चानपवाचना ।
- fainting, stupefaction, a swoon
- (in philosophy) darkness or delusion of mind (preventing the discernment of truth and leading men to believe in the reality of worldly objects)
- (with Buddhists) ignorance (one of the three roots of vice Dharmas. 139)
- a magical art employed to bewilder an enemy (= मोहन)
- wonder, amazement
- Infatuation personified (as the offspring of ब्रह्मा)
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of मोह (móha) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | मोहः móhaḥ |
मोहौ móhau |
मोहाः / मोहासः¹ móhāḥ / móhāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | मोह móha |
मोहौ móhau |
मोहाः / मोहासः¹ móhāḥ / móhāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | मोहम् móham |
मोहौ móhau |
मोहान् móhān |
| Instrumental | मोहेन móhena |
मोहाभ्याम् móhābhyām |
मोहैः / मोहेभिः¹ móhaiḥ / móhebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | मोहाय móhāya |
मोहाभ्याम् móhābhyām |
मोहेभ्यः móhebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | मोहात् móhāt |
मोहाभ्याम् móhābhyām |
मोहेभ्यः móhebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | मोहस्य móhasya |
मोहयोः móhayoḥ |
मोहानाम् móhānām |
| Locative | मोहे móhe |
मोहयोः móhayoḥ |
मोहेषु móheṣu |
| Notes |
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Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “मोह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 836.
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