मू
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Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- मव् (mav)
Alternative scripts[edit]
Alternative scripts
- মূ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬹ (Balinese script)
- মূ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀽 (Brahmi script)
- မူ (Burmese script)
- મૂ (Gujarati script)
- ਮੂ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍂 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦹ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂴 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೂ (Kannada script)
- មូ (Khmer script)
- ມູ (Lao script)
- മൂ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘴 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐹 (Newa script)
- ମୂ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢹ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆷 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖳 (Siddham script)
- මූ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚱 (Takri script)
- மூ (Tamil script)
- మూ (Telugu script)
- มู (Thai script)
- མཱུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology[edit]
Probably related to मूत (mūta, “bound; a woven basket”),[1][2] as well as Proto-Iranian *mauda- (“hair”) (whence Persian مو (mu, “hair”)).[3] Possibly related to मीव् (mīv, “to move”) as a form of "setting in motion by pushing and pressing (binding actions)".[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Root[edit]
मू • (mū)
Derived terms[edit]
- अमीमवत् (amīmavat)
- मवते (mavate)
- मामवीति (māmavīti)
- मामोति (māmoti)
- मिमावयिषति (mimāvayiṣati)
Adjective[edit]
मू • (mū) stem
Declension[edit]
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Noun[edit]
मू • (mū) stem, f
- the act of binding or tying
Declension[edit]
| Feminine ū-stem declension of मू (mū) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | मूः mūḥ |
मुवौ muvau |
मुवः muvaḥ |
| Vocative | मूः mūḥ |
मुवौ muvau |
मुवः muvaḥ |
| Accusative | मुवम् muvam |
मुवौ muvau |
मुवः muvaḥ |
| Instrumental | मुवा muvā |
मूभ्याम् mūbhyām |
मूभिः mūbhiḥ |
| Dative | मुवे / मुवै¹ muve / muvai¹ |
मूभ्याम् mūbhyām |
मूभ्यः mūbhyaḥ |
| Ablative | मुवः / मुवाः¹ / मुवै² muvaḥ / muvāḥ¹ / muvai² |
मूभ्याम् mūbhyām |
मूभ्यः mūbhyaḥ |
| Genitive | मुवः / मुवाः¹ / मुवै² muvaḥ / muvāḥ¹ / muvai² |
मुवोः muvoḥ |
मुवाम् / मूनाम्¹ muvām / mūnām¹ |
| Locative | मुवि / मुवाम्¹ muvi / muvām¹ |
मुवोः muvoḥ |
मूषु mūṣu |
| Notes |
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References[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899) “मू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 825/3.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 365; 365-66
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 602-3
- ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 283