मयूर

See also: मयूरी

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मयूर (mayūra). Doublet of मोर (mor).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /mə.juːɾ/, [mɐ.juːɾ]
  • Hyphenation: म‧यूर
  • Rhymes: -uːɾ

Noun

मयूर • (mayūr) m (female equivalent मयूरी, Urdu spelling مَیُور)

  1. a peacock
    Synonyms: मोर (mor), (feminine) मोरनी (mornī)

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

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मयूर (mayūra)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʌjuɾʌ]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: मयुर्

Noun

मयूर • (mayūra)

  1. peacock

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • ময়ূৰ (Assamese script)
  • ᬫᬬᬹᬭ (Balinese script)
  • ময়ূর (Bengali script)
  • 𑰦𑰧𑰳𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀫𑀬𑀽𑀭 (Brahmi script)
  • မယူရ (Burmese script)
  • મયૂર (Gujarati script)
  • ਮਯੂਰ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌮𑌯𑍂𑌰 (Grantha script)
  • ꦩꦪꦹꦫ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂧𑂨𑂴𑂩 (Kaithi script)
  • ಮಯೂರ (Kannada script)
  • មយូរ (Khmer script)
  • ມຍູຣ (Lao script)
  • മയൂര (Malayalam script)
  • ᠮᠠᠶᡠᡠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘦𑘧𑘴𑘨 (Modi script)
  • ᠮᠠᠶ᠋ᠤᠤᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧆𑧇𑧕𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐩𑐫𑐹𑐬 (Newa script)
  • ମଯୂର (Odia script)
  • ꢪꢫꢹꢬ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆩𑆪𑆷𑆫 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖦𑖧𑖳𑖨 (Siddham script)
  • මයූර (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩴𑩻𑩒𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚢𑚣𑚱𑚤 (Takri script)
  • மயூர (Tamil script)
  • మయూర (Telugu script)
  • มยูร (Thai script)
  • མ་ཡཱུ་ར (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒧𑒨𑒴𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨢𑨪𑨃𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    म॒यूर॑ • (mayū́ra) stem, m (feminine मयूरी)

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

    Declension

    Masculine a-stem declension of म॒यूर॑
    singular dual plural
    nominative म॒यूरः॑ (mayū́raḥ) म॒यूरौ॑ (mayū́rau)
    म॒यूरा॑¹ (mayū́rā¹)     		म॒यूराः॑ (mayū́rāḥ)
    म॒यूरा॑सः¹ (mayū́rāsaḥ¹)
    accusative म॒यूर॑म् (mayū́ram) म॒यूरौ॑ (mayū́rau)
    म॒यूरा॑¹ (mayū́rā¹)     		म॒यूरा॑न् (mayū́rān)
    instrumental म॒यूरे॑ण (mayū́reṇa) म॒यूरा॑भ्याम् (mayū́rābhyām) म॒यूरैः॑ (mayū́raiḥ)
    म॒यूरे॑भिः¹ (mayū́rebhiḥ¹)
    dative म॒यूरा॑य (mayū́rāya) म॒यूरा॑भ्याम् (mayū́rābhyām) म॒यूरे॑भ्यः (mayū́rebhyaḥ)
    ablative म॒यूरा॑त् (mayū́rāt) म॒यूरा॑भ्याम् (mayū́rābhyām) म॒यूरे॑भ्यः (mayū́rebhyaḥ)
    genitive म॒यूर॑स्य (mayū́rasya) म॒यूर॑योः (mayū́rayoḥ) म॒यूरा॑णाम् (mayū́rāṇām)
    locative म॒यूरे॑ (mayū́re) म॒यूर॑योः (mayū́rayoḥ) म॒यूरे॑षु (mayū́reṣu)
    vocative मयू॑र (máyūra) मयू॑रौ (máyūrau)
    मयू॑रा¹ (máyūrā¹)     		मयू॑राः (máyūrāḥ)
    मयू॑रासः¹ (máyūrāsaḥ¹)
    • ¹Vedic

    Derived terms

    Borrowed terms

    • Bengali: ময়ূর (moẏur)
    • Hindustani:
      Hindi: मयूर (mayūr)
      Urdu: میور (myor)
      • → 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 (mayūra)
    • Newar: मुयुर (muyura)
    • Old Khmer: មយូរ (mayūra)
    • Tamil: மயூரம் (mayūram)
    • Thai: มยูร, มยุร, มยุระ, มยุรา
    • Classical Tibetan:

    Descendants

    • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑁄𑀭 (mora)
      • Bagheli: मोरइला (morailā)
      • Bhojpuri:
        Kaithi script: 𑂧𑂷𑂩 (mor)
        Devanagari script: मोर (mōr)
      • Magadhi Prakrit:
    • Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀫𑀚𑀽𑀮 (majūla)
    • Dardic:
      • Kashmiri:
        Sharada script: 𑆩𑆾𑆫 (mōr)
        Devanagari script: मोर (mōr)
        Arabic script: مور (mōr)
      • Shina: مَیُون (mʌyū́n)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Old Marathi:
        Modi script: 𑘦𑘻𑘨 (mora)
        Devanagari script: मोर (mora)
    • Pali: mora
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Punjabi:
        Gurmukhi script: ਮੋਰ (mōr)
        Shahmukhi script: مور (mōr)
      • Sindhi:
        Khudabadi script: 𑋗𑋧𑋙𑋣 (mōru)
        Devanagari script: मोरु (mōru)
        Arabic script: مورُ (mōru)
    • 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[1], 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]‎[2] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 317
    5. ^ Morgenstierne, Georg (2003), J. Elfenbein, David Neil MacKenzie, Nicholas Sims-Williams, editors, A New Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN

    Further reading

    • Monier Williams (1899), “मयूर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 789/2.
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963), Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[3] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 586-7
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