मुनि

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मुनि (muni, literally “silent”).

Noun

मुनि • (muni) m

1. muni

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• muni (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑀼𑀦𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• মুনি (Bengali script)
• මුනි (Sinhalese script)
• မုနိ or မုၼိ (Burmese script)
• มุนิ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩩᨶᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຸນິ (Lao script)
• មុនិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄪𑄚𑄨 (Chakma script)

Noun

मुनि m

1. Devanagari script form of muni

Declension

Declension table of "muni" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	muni	munayo or munī
Accusative (second)	muniṃ	munayo or munī
Instrumental (third)	muninā	munīhi or munībhi
Dative (fourth)	munissa or munino	munīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	munismā or munimhā	munīhi or munībhi
Genitive (sixth)	munissa or munino	munīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	munismiṃ or munimhi	munīsu
Vocative (calling)	muni	munayo or munī

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মুনি (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬸᬦᬶ (Balinese script)
• মুনি (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰲𑰡𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀼𑀦𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• မုနိ (Burmese script)
• મુનિ (Gujarati script)
• ਮੁਨਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍁𑌨𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦸꦤꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂳𑂢𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಮುನಿ (Kannada script)
• មុនិ (Khmer script)
• ມຸນິ (Lao script)
• മുനി (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡠᠨᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘳𑘡𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠤᠨᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧔𑧁𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐸𑐣𑐶 (Newa script)
• ମୁନି (Odia script)
• ꢪꢸꢥꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆶𑆤𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖲𑖡𑖰 (Siddham script)
• මුනි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩒𑩯𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚰𑚝𑚮 (Takri script)
• முநி (Tamil script)
• ముని (Telugu script)
• มุนิ (Thai script)
• མུ་ནི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒳𑒢𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨃𑨝𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Originally meaning "someone who is silent" and related to मूक (mū́ka). Cognate with Latin mūtus, Ancient Greek μυνδός (mundós), Armenian մունջ (munǰ).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mú.ni/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mu.n̪i/

Noun

मुनि • (múni) stem, m

1. a saint or sage, especially one who has taken a vow of silence - a muni
2. one who is moved by an impulse
3. the seven stars of Ursa Major

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of मुनि

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मुनिः (múniḥ)	मुनी (múnī)	मुनयः (múnayaḥ)
vocative	मुने (múne)	मुनी (múnī)	मुनयः (múnayaḥ)
accusative	मुनिम् (múnim)	मुनी (múnī)	मुनीन् (múnīn)
instrumental	मुनिना (múninā) मुन्या¹ (múnyā¹)	मुनिभ्याम् (múnibhyām)	मुनिभिः (múnibhiḥ)
dative	मुनये (múnaye)	मुनिभ्याम् (múnibhyām)	मुनिभ्यः (múnibhyaḥ)
ablative	मुनेः (múneḥ) मुन्यः¹ (múnyaḥ¹)	मुनिभ्याम् (múnibhyām)	मुनिभ्यः (múnibhyaḥ)
genitive	मुनेः (múneḥ) मुन्यः¹ (múnyaḥ¹)	मुन्योः (múnyoḥ)	मुनीनाम् (múnīnām)
locative	मुनौ (múnau) मुना¹ (múnā¹)	मुन्योः (múnyoḥ)	मुनिषु (múniṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• मौन (mauná)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मुनि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 823, column 1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “múni-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 362
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “mūtus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 398