मूत्र

See also: मित्र, मित्रो, मित्रा, मात्रा, मित्रों, and मंत्री

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मूत्र (mūtra). Doublet of मूत (mūt).

Noun

मूत्र • (mūtra) m (Urdu spelling موتر)

1. urine

   Synonyms: मूत (mūt), पेशाब (peśāb)

Declension

Declension of मूत्र (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मूत्र mūtra	मूत्र mūtra
oblique	मूत्र mūtra	मूत्रों mūtrõ
vocative	मूत्र mūtra	मूत्रो mūtro

Derived terms

• मूत्रमार्ग (mūtramārg)

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মূত্ৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬹᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
• মূত্র (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰳𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀽𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• မူတြ (Burmese script)
• મૂત્ર (Gujarati script)
• ਮੂਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍂𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦹꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂴𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೂತ್ರ (Kannada script)
• មូត្រ (Khmer script)
• ມູຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
• മൂത്ര (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡠᡠᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘴𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠤᠤᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧕𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐹𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
• ମୂତ୍ର (Odia script)
• ꢪꢹꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆷𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖳𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
• මූත්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩒𑩛𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚱𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
• மூத்ர (Tamil script)
• మూత్ర (Telugu script)
• มูตฺร (Thai script)
• མཱུ་ཏྲ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒴𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨃𑨊𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *múHtram (“excrement, urine”), from Proto-Indo-European *múHtrom (“excrement, urine, filth”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬏𐬚𐬭𐬀 (mūθra, “feces”), Proto-Germanic *muþraz (“filth”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /múːt.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmuːt̪.ɾɐ/

Noun

मूत्र • (mū́tra) stem, n

1. urine
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 1.3.9:

     यथेषुका परापतदवसृष्टाधि धन्वनः ।
     एवा ते मूत्रं मुच्यतां बहिर्बालिति सर्वकम् ॥

     yatheṣukā parāpatadavasṛṣṭādhi dhanvanaḥ.
     evā te mūtraṃ mucyatāṃ bahirbāliti sarvakam.

     Just as the arrow flies away when loosened from the archer's bow,
     Thus let the urine be discharged from channels that are blocked no more.

   Synonym: मेह (meha)

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of मूत्र (mū́tra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मूत्रम् mū́tram	मूत्रे mū́tre	मूत्राणि / मूत्रा¹ mū́trāṇi / mū́trā¹
Vocative	मूत्र mū́tra	मूत्रे mū́tre	मूत्राणि / मूत्रा¹ mū́trāṇi / mū́trā¹
Accusative	मूत्रम् mū́tram	मूत्रे mū́tre	मूत्राणि / मूत्रा¹ mū́trāṇi / mū́trā¹
Instrumental	मूत्रेण mū́treṇa	मूत्राभ्याम् mū́trābhyām	मूत्रैः / मूत्रेभिः¹ mū́traiḥ / mū́trebhiḥ¹
Dative	मूत्राय mū́trāya	मूत्राभ्याम् mū́trābhyām	मूत्रेभ्यः mū́trebhyaḥ
Ablative	मूत्रात् mū́trāt	मूत्राभ्याम् mū́trābhyām	मूत्रेभ्यः mū́trebhyaḥ
Genitive	मूत्रस्य mū́trasya	मूत्रयोः mū́trayoḥ	मूत्राणाम् mū́trāṇām
Locative	मूत्रे mū́tre	मूत्रयोः mū́trayoḥ	मूत्रेषु mū́treṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: mútra
  • Kashmiri: مُتھٔر (muthạr)
• Pali: mutta
• • Assamese: মূত (mut)
  • Bengali: মুত (mut)
  • Gujarati: મૂતર (mūtar)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: मूत (mūt)

    Urdu: مُوت (mūt)

  • Kholosi: meter
  • Konkani: मूत (mūt)
  • Marathi: मूत (mūt)
  • Punjabi: ਮੂਤਰ (mūtar) / مُوتَر (mūtar)
  • Rajasthani: मूत (mūt)
  • Rohingya: mut
  • Romani: muter
  • Sindhi: مُٽُ (muṭu)
• → Bengali: মূত্র (mutrô) (learned)
• → Hindustani: (learned)

  Hindi: मूत्र (mūtra)

  Urdu: موتر (mūtra)

• → Kannada: ಮೂತ್ರ (mūtra) (learned)
• → Khmer: មូត្រ (mout) (learned)
• → Lü: ᦙᦴᧉᦎ (muu²ṫ) (learned)
• → Tamil: மூத்திரம் (mūttiram) (learned)
• → Telugu: మూత్రము (mūtramu) (learned)
• → Thai: มูตร (mûut) (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “मूत्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0825.