मयूख

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मयूख (mayūkha).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mə.juːkʰ/, [mɐ.juːkʰ]

Noun

मयूख • (mayūkh) m (Urdu spelling مَیُوکھ)

1. gnomon of sundial
2. ray , brightness, flame
3. brilliance, splendor

Declension

Declension of मयूख (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मयूख mayūkh	मयूख mayūkh
oblique	मयूख mayūkh	मयूखों mayūkhõ
vocative	मयूख mayūkh	मयूखो mayūkho

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मयूख (mayūkha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə.jukʰ/, [mə.juːkʰ]

Noun

मयूख • (mayūkh) m

1. sunbeam, ray of light

Declension

Declension of मयूख (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	मयूख mayūkh
direct plural	मयूख mayūkh
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	मयूख mayūkh		मयूख mayūkh
oblique सामान्यरूप	मयूखा mayūkhā		मयूखां- mayūkhān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	मयूखाला mayūkhālā		मयूखांना mayūkhānnā
ergative	मयूखाने, मयूखानं mayūkhāne, mayūkhāna		मयूखांनी mayūkhānnī
instrumental	मयूखाशी mayūkhāśī		मयूखांशी mayūkhānśī
locative सप्तमी	मयूखात mayūkhāt		मयूखांत mayūkhāt
vocative संबोधन	मयूखा mayūkhā		मयूखांनो mayūkhānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of मयूख (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	मयूखाचा mayūkhāċā	मयूखाचे mayūkhāċe	मयूखाची mayūkhācī	मयूखाच्या mayūkhācā	मयूखाचे, मयूखाचं mayūkhāċe, mayūkhāċa	मयूखाची mayūkhācī	मयूखाच्या mayūkhācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	मयूखांचा mayūkhānċā	मयूखांचे mayūkhānċe	मयूखांची mayūkhāñcī	मयूखांच्या mayūkhāncā	मयूखांचे, मयूखांचं mayūkhānċe, mayūkhānċa	मयूखांची mayūkhāñcī	मयूखांच्या mayūkhāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

• Berntsen Date, Molesworth, Tulpule/Feldhaus Vaze (2022) “मयूख”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ময়ূখ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬬᬹᬔ (Balinese script)
• ময়ূখ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰧𑰳𑰏 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀬𑀽𑀔 (Brahmi script)
• မယူခ (Burmese script)
• મયૂખ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਯੂਖ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌯𑍂𑌖 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦪꦹꦑ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂨𑂴𑂎 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಯೂಖ (Kannada script)
• មយូខ (Khmer script)
• ມຍູຂ (Lao script)
• മയൂഖ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᠶᡠᡠᡘᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘧𑘴𑘏 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠶ᠋ᠤᠤᠻᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧇𑧕𑦯 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐫𑐹𑐏 (Newa script)
• ମଯୂଖ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢫꢹꢓ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆪𑆷𑆒 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖧𑖳𑖏 (Siddham script)
• මයූඛ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩻𑩒𑩛𑩝 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚣𑚱𑚋 (Takri script)
• மயூக² (Tamil script)
• మయూఖ (Telugu script)
• มยูข (Thai script)
• མ་ཡཱུ་ཁ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒨𑒴𑒐 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨪𑨃𑨊𑨌 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mayū́kʰas (“peg, nail”). Cognate with Old Persian 𐎶𐎹𐎢𐎧 (m-y-u-x /⁠mayūxa⁠/) (whence Persian میخ (mix)).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.júː.kʰɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐˈjuː.kʰɐ/

Noun

मयूख • (mayū́kha) stem, m

1. a kind of peg
2. a ray of light, flame, brightness

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मयूख (mayū́kha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मयूखः mayū́khaḥ	मयूखौ / मयूखा¹ mayū́khau / mayū́khā¹	मयूखाः / मयूखासः¹ mayū́khāḥ / mayū́khāsaḥ¹
Vocative	मयूख máyūkha	मयूखौ / मयूखा¹ máyūkhau / máyūkhā¹	मयूखाः / मयूखासः¹ máyūkhāḥ / máyūkhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मयूखम् mayū́kham	मयूखौ / मयूखा¹ mayū́khau / mayū́khā¹	मयूखान् mayū́khān
Instrumental	मयूखेन mayū́khena	मयूखाभ्याम् mayū́khābhyām	मयूखैः / मयूखेभिः¹ mayū́khaiḥ / mayū́khebhiḥ¹
Dative	मयूखाय mayū́khāya	मयूखाभ्याम् mayū́khābhyām	मयूखेभ्यः mayū́khebhyaḥ
Ablative	मयूखात् mayū́khāt	मयूखाभ्याम् mayū́khābhyām	मयूखेभ्यः mayū́khebhyaḥ
Genitive	मयूखस्य mayū́khasya	मयूखयोः mayū́khayoḥ	मयूखानाम् mayū́khānām
Locative	मयूखे mayū́khe	मयूखयोः mayū́khayoḥ	मयूखेषु mayū́kheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindustani: (learned)

  Hindi: मयूख (mayūkh)

  Urdu: مَیُوکھ (mayūkh)

• → Kannada: ಮಯೂಖ (mayūkha) (learned)
• → Malayalam: മയൂഖം (mayūkhaṁ) (learned)
• → Marathi: मयूख (mayūkh) (learned)
• → Nepali: मयूख् (mayūkh) (learned)
• → Tamil: மயூகம் (mayūkam) (learned)
• → Telugu: మయూఖము (mayūkhamu) (learned)