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मऊ

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Hindi

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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मऊ (maūm

  1. Mau (a city and district of Azamgarh division, Uttar Pradesh, India)

Declension

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Declension of मऊ (sg-only masc ind ū-stem)
singular
direct मऊ
maū
oblique मऊ
maū
vocative मऊ
maū

See also

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districts of Uttar Pradesh, India: उत्तर प्रदेश के जनपद (uttar pradeś ke janpad)edit

Marathi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Marathi मौ (mau), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀫𑁅 (mau), from Sanskrit मृदु (mṛdu). Compare Konkani मोव (mov).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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मऊ (maū)

  1. soft
    Antonyms: कठीण (kaṭhīṇ), कडक (kaḍak)

Derived terms

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References

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  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “मऊ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shankar Gopal Tulpule; Anne Feldhaus (1999), “मौ”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mr̥dú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press