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

Proper noun

मयूर • (mayūr) m

1. a male given name, Mayur, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of मयूर (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	मयूर mayūr
oblique	मयूर mayūr
vocative	मयूर mayūr

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “मयूर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3795
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “मयूर”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 578
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मयूर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 791
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “मयूर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 286.

Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मयूर (mayūra)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

मयूर • (mayūra)

1. peacock

Sanskrit

mayū́ra: a peacock.

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”).

Pronunciation

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

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

• मयूरी f (mayūrī́, “peahen”)
• मौर्य (maurya)

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)
• Old Javanese: [script needed] (mayūra), [script needed] (mañūra)
  • Javanese: ꦩꦚꦸꦫ (manyura)
• Nepali: मयूर (mayūra)
• Newar: मुयुर (muyura)
• Old Khmer: មយូរ (mayūra)
• Odia: ମୟୂର (mayura)
  • Khmer: មយូរ (mĕəʼyuu)
• Tamil: மயூரம் (mayūram)
• Thai: มยูร, มยุร, มยุระ, มยุรา
• Classical Tibetan:
  • Tibetan: རྨ་བྱ (rma bya)
  • → Western Yugur: ïrmayüa

Descendants

• Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑁄𑀭 (mora)
  • Bagheli: मोरइला (morailā)
  • Bhojpuri:

    Kaithi script: 𑂧𑂷𑂩 (mor)

    Devanagari script: मोर (mōr)

  • Magadhi Prakrit:
    • Early Assamese: মৈৰা (moira)
      • Assamese: ম’ৰা (möra)
• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀫𑀚𑀽𑀮 (majūla)
• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri:

    Arabic script: مور (mōr)

    Devanagari script: मोर (mōr)

    Sharada script: 𑆩𑆾𑆫𑇀 (mōr)

  • Shina:

    Arabic script: مَیُون (mʌyū́n)

    Devanagari script: मयून (mʌyū́n)

• Maharastri Prakrit:
  • Old Marathi:

    Modi script: 𑘦𑘻𑘨 (mora)

    Devanagari script: मोर (mora)

    • Marathi: मोर (mor)
• Pali: mora
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਮੋਰ (mōr)

    Shahmukhi script: مور (mōr)

  • Sindhi:

    Arabic script: مورُ (mōru)

    Devanagari script: मोरु (mōru)

    Khudabadi script: 𑋗𑋧𑋙𑋣 (mōru)

• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑁄𑀭 (mora)
  • Old Gujarati: मोर (mora)
    • Gujarati: મોર (mor)
    • Malvi: मोर (mor), मोर्यो (moryo)
    • Marwari: मोर (mor), मोरियौ (moriyau)
    • Mewari: मोर्यो (moryo)
  • Old Hindi: मोर (mora)

    Hindi: मोर (mōr)

    Urdu: مور (mōr)

    • → Brahui: مور (mōr)
    • → Pashto: مور (mór)
    • → Ushojo: مور (mór)

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