मुहर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مهر (muhr), from Middle Persian mwdl (muhr).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /mʊ.ɦəɾ/, [mɔ.ɦɔɾ]

Noun

मुहर • (muhar) f (Urdu spelling مہر)

1. stamp, seal

   Synonyms: छाप (chāp), ठप्पा (ṭhappā)

2. gold coin, doubloon

   हमें मुहरों से भरा कलसा मिला।

   hamẽ muhrõ se bharā kalsā milā.

   We found a vase full of doubloons.

   • 1880–1936, प्रेमचंद, आत्माराम‎^[1]:

     उसने कुछ मोहर कमर में बाँधीं, फिर एक सूखी लकड़ी से जमीन की मिट्टी हटा कर कई गड्ढे बनाये, उन्हें मोहरों से भर कर मिट्टी से ढँक दिया।

     usne kuch mohar kamar mẽ bāndhī̃, phir ek sūkhī lakṛī se jamīn kī miṭṭī haṭā kar kaī gaḍḍhe banāye, unhẽ mohrõ se bhar kar miṭṭī se ḍhãk diyā.

     He tied some coins to his waist, and then used a dry stick to clear the dirt from the ground to make some ditches, which he filled with coins and covered with dirt.

Declension

Declension of मुहर (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मुहर muhar	मुहरें muharẽ
oblique	मुहर muhar	मुहरों muharõ
vocative	मुहर muhar	मुहरो muharo

Alternative forms

• मोहर (mohar)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मुहर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “मुहर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.