मूर्धन्
Sanskrit
    
    Alternative scripts
    
Alternative scripts
- মূৰ্ধন্ (Assamese script)
 - ᬫᬹᬃᬥᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
 - মূর্ধন্ (Bengali script)
 - 𑰦𑰳𑰨𑰿𑰠𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
 - 𑀫𑀽𑀭𑁆𑀥𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
 - မူရ်္ဓန် (Burmese script)
 - મૂર્ધન્ (Gujarati script)
 - ਮੂਰ੍ਧਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
 - 𑌮𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌧𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
 - ꦩꦹꦂꦣꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
 - 𑂧𑂴𑂩𑂹𑂡𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
 - ಮೂರ್ಧೝ (Kannada script)
 - មូធ៌ន៑ (Khmer script)
 - ມູຣ຺ຘນ຺ (Lao script)
 - മൂര്ധന് (Malayalam script)
 - ᠮᡠᡠᡵᢡᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
 - 𑘦𑘴𑘨𑘿𑘠𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
 - ᠮᠤᠤᠷᢑᠾᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
 - 𑧆𑧕𑧈𑧠𑧀𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
 - 𑐩𑐹𑐬𑑂𑐢𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
 - ମୂର୍ଧନ୍ (Odia script)
 - ꢪꢹꢬ꣄ꢤꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
 - 𑆩𑆷𑆫𑇀𑆣𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
 - 𑖦𑖳𑖨𑖿𑖠𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
 - මූර්ධන් (Sinhalese script)
 - 𑩴𑩒𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩮𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
 - 𑚢𑚱𑚤𑚶𑚜𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
 - மூர்த⁴ந் (Tamil script)
 - మూర్ధౝ (Telugu script)
 - มูรฺธนฺ (Thai script)
 - མཱུ་རྡྷ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
 - 𑒧𑒴𑒩𑓂𑒡𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
 - 𑨢𑨃𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨜𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
 
Etymology
    
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *mr̥Hdʰā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥Hdʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰṓ. Cognate with Avestan 𐬐𐬀-𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬀 (ka-mərəδa, “head”), Old English molda, Tocharian A malto (“firstly”), and perhaps Ancient Greek βλωθρός (blōthrós, “high (of trees)”).
Noun
    
मूर्धन् • (mūrdhán) stem, m
Declension
    
| Masculine an-stem declension of मूर्धन् (mūrdhán) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | मूर्धा mūrdhā́  | 
मूर्धानौ / मूर्धाना¹ mūrdhā́nau / mūrdhā́nā¹  | 
मूर्धानः mūrdhā́naḥ  | 
| Vocative | मूर्धन् mū́rdhan  | 
मूर्धानौ / मूर्धाना¹ mū́rdhānau / mū́rdhānā¹  | 
मूर्धानः mū́rdhānaḥ  | 
| Accusative | मूर्धानम् mūrdhā́nam  | 
मूर्धानौ / मूर्धाना¹ mūrdhā́nau / mūrdhā́nā¹  | 
मूर्ध्नः mūrdhnáḥ  | 
| Instrumental | मूर्ध्ना mūrdhnā́  | 
मूर्धभ्याम् mūrdhábhyām  | 
मूर्धभिः mūrdhábhiḥ  | 
| Dative | मूर्ध्ने mūrdhné  | 
मूर्धभ्याम् mūrdhábhyām  | 
मूर्धभ्यः mūrdhábhyaḥ  | 
| Ablative | मूर्ध्नः mūrdhnáḥ  | 
मूर्धभ्याम् mūrdhábhyām  | 
मूर्धभ्यः mūrdhábhyaḥ  | 
| Genitive | मूर्ध्नः mūrdhnáḥ  | 
मूर्ध्नोः mūrdhnóḥ  | 
मूर्ध्नाम् mūrdhnā́m  | 
| Locative | मूर्ध्नि / मूर्धनि / मूर्धन्¹ mūrdhní / mūrdháni / mūrdhán¹  | 
मूर्ध्नोः mūrdhnóḥ  | 
मूर्धसु mūrdhásu  | 
| Notes | 
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Derived terms
    
- मूर्धन्य (mūrdhanya, “retroflex”)
 
Descendants
    
- Dardic:
- Chilisso: [script needed] (mudə)
 - Grangali: [script needed] (mūndə, “neck”)
 - Kalasha: mọn
 - Northeast Pashayi: [script needed] (muda, “upwards”)
 - Northwest Pashayi: [script needed] (mundā)
 
 - Helu Prakrit:
- Sinhalese: මුදුන (muduna)
 
 - Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (muḍḍha), 𑀫𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥 (muddha)
 - Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (muḍḍha), 𑀫𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥 (muddha)
- Marathi: मुंढी (muṇḍhī)
 
 - Pali: muddhan
 - Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (muḍḍha), 𑀫𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥 (muddha)
 
References
    
- Monier Williams (1899) “मूर्धन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 826/1.
 - Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mūrdhán”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
 - Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 368
 - Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 666
 
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