मू
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مو (mō)/موی (mōy).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /muː/
Noun
मू • (mū) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | मू mū |
मू mū |
| oblique | मू mū |
मुओं muõ |
| vocative | मू mū |
मुओ muo |
Related terms
- आशुफ़्ता-मू (āśuftā-mū)
- मू-ए-मुबारक (mū-e-mubārak)
- मू-क़लम (mū-qalam)
- मू-ब-मू (mū-ba-mū)
- मू-बाफ़ (mū-bāf)
- मू-शिगाफ़ (mū-śigāf)
- मू-शिगाफ़ी (mū-śigāfī)
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- मव् (mav)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মূ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬹ (Balinese script)
- মূ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀽 (Brahmi script)
- မူ (Burmese script)
- મૂ (Gujarati script)
- ਮੂ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍂 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦹ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂴 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೂ (Kannada script)
- មូ (Khmer script)
- ມູ (Lao script)
- മൂ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘴 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐹 (Newa script)
- ମୂ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢹ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆷 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖳 (Siddham script)
- මූ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚱 (Takri script)
- மூ (Tamil script)
- మూ (Telugu script)
- มู (Thai script)
- མཱུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Probably related to मूत (mūta, “bound; a woven basket”),[1][2] as well as Proto-Iranian *mauda- (“hair”) (whence Persian مو (mu, “hair”)).[3] Possibly related to मीव् (mīv, “to move”) as a form of "setting in motion by pushing and pressing (binding actions)".[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /muː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /muː/
Root
मू • (mū)
Derived terms
- अमीमवत् (amīmavat)
- मवते (mavate)
- मामवीति (māmavīti)
- मामोति (māmoti)
- मिमावयिषति (mimāvayiṣati)
Adjective
मू • (mū) stem
Declension
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Noun
मू • (mū) stem, f
- the act of binding or tying
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मूः (mūḥ) | मुवौ (muvau) | मुवः (muvaḥ) |
| accusative | मुवम् (muvam) | मुवौ (muvau) | मुवः (muvaḥ) |
| instrumental | मुवा (muvā) | मूभ्याम् (mūbhyām) | मूभिः (mūbhiḥ) |
| dative | मुवे (muve) मुवै¹ (muvai¹) |
मूभ्याम् (mūbhyām) | मूभ्यः (mūbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मुवः (muvaḥ) मुवाः¹ (muvāḥ¹) मुवै² (muvai²) |
मूभ्याम् (mūbhyām) | मूभ्यः (mūbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मुवः (muvaḥ) मुवाः¹ (muvāḥ¹) मुवै² (muvai²) |
मुवोः (muvoḥ) | मुवाम् (muvām) मूनाम्¹ (mūnām¹) |
| locative | मुवि (muvi) मुवाम्¹ (muvām¹) |
मुवोः (muvoḥ) | मूषु (mūṣu) |
| vocative | मूः (mūḥ) | मुवौ (muvau) | मुवः (muvaḥ) |
- ¹Later Sanskrit
- ²Brāhmaṇas
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 825/3.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 365; 365-66
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 602-3
- ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 283