मौन
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit मौन (mauná).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mɔːn/, [mɔ̃ːn̪]
Noun
मौन • (maun) m (Urdu spelling مون)
- silence, taciturnity
- उसने इस छुट्टी के लिए मौन-व्रत ले लिया।
- usne is chuṭṭī ke lie maun-vrat le liyā.
- For this holiday, he has taken a vow of silence.
- Synonym: ख़ामोशी (xāmośī)
Declension
Declension of मौन (masc cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | मौन maun | मौन maun |
| oblique | मौन maun | मौनों maunõ |
| vocative | मौन maun | मौनो mauno |
Adjective
मौन • (maun) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling مون)
- silent, speechless
- Synonym: ख़ामोश (xāmoś)
- मौन रहो! अध्यापक बात कर रहा है।
- maun raho! adhyāpak bāt kar rahā hai.
- Keep silent! The teacher is speaking.
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989), “मौन”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “मौन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit मौन (mauná).
Noun
मौन • (maun) n
- silence, refraining from speech
Adjective
मौन • (maun)
- silent
Derived terms
- मौन राखणे (maun rākhṇe, “to refrain from speech”)
References
- Berntsen, Maxine, “मौन”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “मौन”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
Sanskrit
Etymology
Vṛddhi derivative of मुनि (muni).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɑːw.nɐ́/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmɑw.n̪ɐ/
Noun
मौन • (mauná) n
- silence, taciturnity
- मौनं स्वीकृति लक्षणम्।
- maunaṃ svīkṛti lakṣaṇam.
- Silence is (half) consent.
- the unblooming state
- the office or position of a holy sage
Inflection
| Neuter a-stem declension of मौन (mauná) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | मौनम् maunám | मौने mauné | मौनानि / मौना¹ maunā́ni / maunā́¹ |
| Vocative | मौन maúna | मौने maúne | मौनानि / मौना¹ maúnāni / maúnā¹ |
| Accusative | मौनम् maunám | मौने mauné | मौनानि / मौना¹ maunā́ni / maunā́¹ |
| Instrumental | मौनेन maunéna | मौनाभ्याम् maunā́bhyām | मौनैः / मौनेभिः¹ maunaíḥ / maunébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | मौनाय maunā́ya | मौनाभ्याम् maunā́bhyām | मौनेभ्यः maunébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | मौनात् maunā́t | मौनाभ्याम् maunā́bhyām | मौनेभ्यः maunébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | मौनस्य maunásya | मौनयोः maunáyoḥ | मौनानाम् maunā́nām |
| Locative | मौने mauné | मौनयोः maunáyoḥ | मौनेषु maunéṣu |
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Derived terms
- मौनगोपाल (maunagopāla)
- मौनत्याग (maunatyāga)
- मौनधारिन् (maunadhārin)
- मौनभट्ट (maunabhaṭṭa)
- मौनमन्त्रावबोध (maunamantrāvabodha)
- मौनमुद्रा (maunamudrā)
- मौनवृत्ति (maunavṛtti)
- मौनव्रत (maunavrata)
- मौनव्रतधर (maunavratadhara)
- मौनव्रतधारिन् (maunavratadhārin)
- मौनव्रतिन् (maunavratin)
- मौनसम्मति (maunasammati)
- मौनसूत्र (maunasūtra)
Descendants
- → Bengali: মৌন (moun)
- → Gujarati: મૌન (maun)
- → Hindi: मौन (maun)
- → Kashmiri: मोन् (mōn)
- → Malayalam: മൌനം (maunaṃ)
- → Marathi: मौन (maun)
- → Punjabi: ਮੌਨ (maun)
- → Tamil: மௌனம் (mauṉam)
- → Telugu: మౌనము (maunamu)
- → Urdu: مون (maun)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “मौन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, pages 836/3, 837/1.