मूर्धन्य

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit मूर्धन्य (mūrdhanya, literally “pertaining to the head”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /muːɾ.d̪ʱən.jᵊ/, [muːɾ.d̪ʱɐ̃ɲ.jᵊ]

Adjective

मूर्धन्य • (mūrdhanya)

1. chief, leading, foremost

   Synonym: मुख्य (mukhya)

2. (phonetics) retroflex

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मूर्धन्य”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press