मयूर

मयूर

See also: मयूरी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मयूर (mayūra). Doublet of मोर (mor).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mə.juːɾ/
• Rhymes: -uːɾ

Noun

मयूर • (mayūr) m

1. a peacock

   Synonym: मोर (mor), मोरनी (hi) (mornī), मयूरी (hi) (mayūrī)

Declension

Declension of मयूर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मयूर mayūr	मयूर mayūr
oblique	मयूर mayūr	मयूरों mayūrõ
vocative	मयूर mayūr	मयूरो mayūro

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Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʌjur]
• Phonetic Devanagari: मयुर्

Noun

मयूर • (mayūr)

1. peacock

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Sanskrit

mayū́ra: a peacock.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.júː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mɐˈjuː.ɾɐ/

Noun

मयूर • (mayū́ra) m , feminine मयूरी (mayūrī)

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

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मयूर (mayū́ra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मयूरः mayū́raḥ	मयूरौ mayū́rau	मयूराः / मयूरासः¹ mayū́rāḥ / mayū́rāsaḥ¹
Vocative	मयूर máyūra	मयूरौ máyūrau	मयूराः / मयूरासः¹ máyūrāḥ / máyūrāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मयूरम् mayū́ram	मयूरौ mayū́rau	मयूरान् mayū́rān
Instrumental	मयूरेण mayū́reṇa	मयूराभ्याम् mayū́rābhyām	मयूरैः / मयूरेभिः¹ mayū́raiḥ / mayū́rebhiḥ¹
Dative	मयूराय mayū́rāya	मयूराभ्याम् mayū́rābhyām	मयूरेभ्यः mayū́rebhyaḥ
Ablative	मयूरात् mayū́rāt	मयूराभ्याम् mayū́rābhyām	मयूरेभ्यः mayū́rebhyaḥ
Genitive	मयूरस्य mayū́rasya	मयूरयोः mayū́rayoḥ	मयूराणाम् mayū́rāṇām
Locative	मयूरे mayū́re	मयूरयोः mayū́rayoḥ	मयूरेषु mayū́reṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• मयूरी f (mayūrī́, “peahen”)

Borrowed terms

• Early Assamese: মৈৰা (moira)
  • Assamese: ম’ৰা (möra)
• Bengali: ময়ূর (môyūr)
• Hindustani:

  Hindi: मयूर (mayūr)

  Urdu: میور‎

  • → 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 (mayūr)
• Newar: मुयुर (muyura)
• Old Khmer: មយូរ (mayūra)
  • Khmer: មយូរ (mĕəʼyuu)
• Thai: มยูร, มยุร, มยุระ, มยุรา
• Classical Tibetan:
  • Tibetan: རྨ་བྱ (rma bya)
  • → Western Yugur: ïrmayüa

Descendants

• Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑁄𑀭 (mora)
  • Bagheli: मोरइला (morailā)
  • Bhojpuri: 𑂧𑂷𑂩 (mor), मोर (mōr)
• Ashokan Prakrit: [script needed] (majūla)
• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: مور‎ (mōr)
  • Shina: مَیُون‎ (mʌyū́n)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Early Assamese: মৈৰা (moira)
    • Assamese: ম’ৰা (möra)
• Maharastri Prakrit:
  • Old Marathi: मोर (mora)
    • Marathi: मोर (mor)
• Pali: mora
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਮੋਰ (mor) / مور‎ (mor)
  • Sindhi: مورُ‎ (moru)

• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑁄𑀭 (mora)
  • Old Gujarati:
    • Gujarati: મોર (mor)
    • Malvi: मोर (mor), मोर्यो (moryo)
    • Marwari: मोर (mor), मोरियौ (moriyau)
    • Mewari: मोर्यो (moryo)
  • Old Hindi: मोर (mora)
    • Hindi: मोर (mor)
    • Urdu: مور‎
      • → Brahui: مور‎ (mōr)
      • → Pashto: مور‎ (mor)

References

1. Lubotsky, Alexander (1999), “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations‎, 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] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 317
5. Morgenstierne, Georg (2003), Elfenbein, J.; MacKenzie, D. N.; Sims-Williams, Nicholas, editors, A New Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN