मू

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مو ()/موی (mōy).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /muː/

Noun

मू • (m

  1. hair
    Synonym: बाल (bāl)

Declension

Declension of मू (masc ū-stem)
singular plural
direct मू
मू
oblique मू
मुओं
muõ
vocative मू
मुओ
muo
  • 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

Alternative scripts

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

Root

मू • ()

  1. to bind, tie, fix

Derived terms

  • अमीमवत् (amīmavat)
  • मवते (mavate)
  • मामवीति (māmavīti)
  • मामोति (māmoti)
  • मिमावयिषति (mimāvayiṣati)

Adjective

मू • () stem

  1. binding, tying, fixing

Declension

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Noun

मू • () stemf

  1. the act of binding or tying

Declension

Feminine ū-stem declension of मू
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

  1. 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
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 283