مور
Baluchi
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *marwíš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *marwíš, from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-.
Noun
مور • (mor)
- ant
See also
- مورینک (morínk)
Gojri
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑁄𑀭 (mora), from Sanskrit मयूर (mayū́ra).
Noun
مور (mor) m
- peacock, peafowl
Further reading
- Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 417.
- Javaid Rahi (2015), “مَور”, in گوجری ڈکشنری [Gojri Dictionary] (in Gojri), page 817, column 1.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mayūˊra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 566
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. Cognate with Azerbaijani mor (“violet”), Turkmen mor (“reddish-brown, rust-colored”), Nogai моры (morı), мору (moru, “brown; maroon”), Karachay-Balkar мор (mor, “brown”), Kyrgyz мор (mor, “a dark brown dye”).
Often considered a borrowing from a violet berry name in an Indo-European language: compare Armenian մոր (mor), dialectal մոռ (moṙ, “blackberry; raspberry; wild strawberry”), Ancient Greek μόρον (móron, “black mulberry; blackberry”), Italian moro (“black mulberry tree”).
Noun
مور • (mor)
- violet color or dye, violet, purple
Adjective
مور • (mor)
- violet-colored
Descendants
- Turkish: mor
- → Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: مۆر (mor)
- Northern Kurdish: mor
- → Middle Armenian: մօռ (mōṙ, “violet”)
- Armenian: մոռ (moṙ)
See also
آق (ak) | بوز (boz) | قره (kara) |
قزل (kızıl); آل (al) | ترنجی (türünci); قوڭور (koñur) | صاری (sarı) |
یشیل (yeşil) | ||
گوك (gök) | ماوی (mavi) | |
مور (mor) | افلاطون (eflatun) | پنبه (pembe) |
Further reading
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1965) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 19) (in German), volume II, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 330
- Eren, Hasan (1999), “mor”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, pages 296–297
- Levitskaja, L. S.; Blagova, G. F.; Dybo, A. V.; Nasilov, D. M.; Pocelujevskij, Je. A. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 7, Moscow: Vostočnaja literatura, pages 80–81
- Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 3440b
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2026b
- Stachowski, Marek (2019), “mor”, in Kurzgefaßtes etymologisches Wörterbuch der türkischen Sprache (in German), Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, DOI:, page 257b
Pashto
Alternative forms
- مېر (mer)
Etymology
From Proto-Pathan *mor < *mā́dr, from an ancestral Middle Iranian form *mā́dər[1], from Proto-Iranian *máHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mor/
Noun
مور • (mor) f
- mother
Declension
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
direct | مور (mor) | ميندې (mainde) | |
oblique | مور (mor) | ميندو (maindo) | |
vocative | مورې (more) | ميندو (maindo) |
References
- Julian Kreidl (2021), “Lambdacism and the development of Old Iranian *t in Pashto”, in Iran and the Caucasus
Persian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *marwíš (“ant”).
Noun
مور • (môr)
- (archaic) ant
Synonyms
- مورچه (môrče)
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑁄𑀭 (mora), from Sanskrit मयूर (mayū́ra).
Noun
مور • (mor) m (Hindi spelling मोर)
- peacock