مور

See also: موز

Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *marwíš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *marwíš, from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-.

Noun

مور • (mor)

1. ant

See also

• مورینک (morínk)

Gojri

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑁄𑀭 (mora), from Sanskrit मयूर (mayū́ra).

Noun

مور (mor) m

1. peacock, peafowl

Further reading

• Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 417.
• Javaid Rahi (2015) “مَور”, in گوجری ڈکشنری [Gojri Dictionary] (in Gojri), page 817, column 1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mayūˊra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 566

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic من وراء

Preposition

مور • (transliteration needed)

1. behind

   Synonyms: مورا (mun), ورا (wra)

   Antonyms: قدام (quddām), قبالة (qbālt)

   الدوّار جا مور الجبال. ― dduwwar ja mur jjbal ― The village is located behind the mountains.

2. after

   Synonyms: مورا (mun), بعد (beʕd)

   Antonym: قبل (qbel)

   غادي ناكلو مور ما نغسلو يدّينا.

   ɣadi naklu mur ma nɣeslu yeddina

   We will eat after we wash our hands.

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Cognate with Azerbaijani mor (“violet”), Turkmen mor (“reddish-brown, rust-colored”), Nogai моры (morı), мору (moru, “brown; maroon”), Karachay-Balkar мор (mor, “brown”), Kyrgyz мор (mor, “a dark brown dye”).

Often considered a borrowing from a violet berry name in an Indo-European language: compare Armenian մոր (mor), dialectal մոռ (moṙ, “blackberry; raspberry; wild strawberry”), Ancient Greek μόρον (móron, “black mulberry; blackberry”), Italian moro (“black mulberry tree”).

Noun

مور • (mor)

1. violet color or dye, violet, purple

Adjective

مور • (mor)

1. violet-colored

Descendants

• Turkish: mor
• → Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: مۆر (mor)

  Northern Kurdish: mor

• → Middle Armenian: մօռ (mōṙ, “violet”)
  • Armenian: մոռ (moṙ)

See also

Colors in Ottoman Turkish · بویا بویلر (boyalar) (layout · text)

آق (ak)	بوز (boz)	قره (kara)
قزل (kızıl); آل (al)	ترنجی (türünci); قوڭور (koñur)	صاری (sarı)
	یشیل (yeşil)
	گوك (gök)	ماوی (mavi)
مور (mor)	افلاطون (eflatun)	پنبه (pembe)

Further reading

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1965) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 19)‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 330
• Eren, Hasan (1999) “mor”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, pages 296–297
• Levitskaja, L. S., Blagova, G. F., Dybo, A. V., Nasilov, D. M., Pocelujevskij, Je. A. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 7, Moscow: Vostočnaja literatura, pages 80–81
• Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 3440b
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2026b
• Stachowski, Marek (2019) “mor”, in Kurzgefaßtes etymologisches Wörterbuch der türkischen Sprache (in German), Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →DOI, page 257b

Pashto

Alternative forms

• مېر (mer)

Etymology

From Proto-Pathan *mor < *mā́dr, from an ancestral Middle Iranian form *mā́dər, from Proto-Iranian *máHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mor/

Noun

مور • (mor) f

1. mother

Declension

Declension of مور

	singular	plural
direct	مور (mor)	ميندې (mainde)
oblique	مور (mor)	ميندو (maindo)
vocative	مورې (more)	ميندو (maindo)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (mwl /⁠mōr⁠/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *marwíš (“ant”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [moːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [moːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [moːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [moːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mʊːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [muːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɵɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	mōr
Dari reading?	mōr
Iranian reading?	mur
Tajik reading?	mür

Noun

Dari	مور
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мӯр

مور • (môr)

1. (archaic in Iran) ant

   Synonym: مورچه (môrče)

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑁄𑀭 (mora), from Sanskrit मयूर (mayū́ra).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /moːɾ/

Noun

مور • (mor) m (Hindi spelling मोर)

1. peacock

Declension

Declension of مور

	singular	plural
direct	مور (mor)	مور (mor)
oblique	مور (mor)	موروں (morõ)
vocative	مور (mor)	مورو (moro)

Further reading

• “مور”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مور”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 620