मयूर

See also: मयूरी

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मयूर (mayūra). Doublet of मोर (mor).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mə.juːɾ/, [mɐ.juːɾ]
  • Hyphenation: म‧यूर
  • Rhymes: -uːɾ

Noun

मयूर • (mayūr) m (feminine 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

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”).[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

Noun

मयूर • (mayū́ra) stem, m (feminine मयूरी)

  1. peacock (YV., MBh., etc.)

Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of मयूर (mayū́ra)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मयूरः
mayū́raḥ		 मयूरौ / मयूरा¹
mayū́rau / mayū́rā¹		 मयूराः / मयूरासः¹
mayū́rāḥ / mayū́rāsaḥ¹
Vocative मयूर
máyūra		 मयूरौ / मयूरा¹
máyūrau / máyūrā¹		 मयूराः / मयूरासः¹
máyūrāḥ / máyūrāsaḥ¹
Accusative मयूरम्
mayū́ram		 मयूरौ / मयूरा¹
mayū́rau / mayū́rā¹		 मयूरान्
mayū́rān
Instrumental मयूरेण
mayū́reṇa		 मयूराभ्याम्
mayū́rābhyām		 मयूरैः / मयूरेभिः¹
mayū́raiḥ / mayū́rebhiḥ¹
Dative मयूराय
mayū́rāya		 मयूराभ्याम्
mayū́rābhyām		 मयूरेभ्यः
mayū́rebhyaḥ
Ablative मयूरात्
mayū́rāt		 मयूराभ्याम्
mayū́rābhyām		 मयूरेभ्यः
mayū́rebhyaḥ
Genitive मयूरस्य
mayū́rasya		 मयूरयोः
mayū́rayoḥ		 मयूराणाम्
mayū́rāṇām
Locative मयूरे
mayū́re		 मयूरयोः
mayū́rayoḥ		 मयूरेषु
mayū́reṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

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)[5]
  • Old Javanese: [script needed] (mayūra), [script needed] (mañūra)
    • Javanese: ꦩꦚꦸꦫ (manyura)
  • Nepali: मयूर (mayūra)
  • Newar: मुयुर (muyura)
  • Old Khmer: មយូរ (mayūra)
  • Tamil: மயூரம் (mayūram)
  • Thai: มยูร, มยุร, มยุระ, มยุรา
  • Classical Tibetan:

Descendants
  • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑁄𑀭 (mora)
    • Bagheli: मोरइला (morailā)
    • Bhojpuri: 𑂧𑂷𑂩 (mor), मोर (mōr)
  • Ashokan Prakrit: [script needed] (majūla)
  • Dardic:
    • Kashmiri: مور (mōr)
    • Shina: مَیُون (mʌyū́n)
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Maharastri Prakrit:
  • Pali: mora
  • Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑁄𑀭 (mora)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (1999) “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations‎, Helsinki, page 4
  2. Masica, Colin P. (1993) The Indo-Aryan Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 40
  3. Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 37.
  4. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 317
  5. Morgenstierne, Georg (2003) Elfenbein, J., MacKenzie, D. N., Sims-Williams, Nicholas, editors, A New Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN

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] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 586-7
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