मू

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (mō)/ (mōy).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /muː/

Noun

मू • (mū) m

hair
Synonym: बाल (bāl)

Declension

Declension of मू (masc ū-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मू mū	मू mū
oblique	मू mū	मुओं muõ
vocative	मू mū	मुओ muo

Related terms

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

मव् (mav)

Alternative scripts

মূ (Assamese script)
ᬫᬹ (Balinese script)
মূ (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀽 (Brahmi script)
မူ (Burmese script)
મૂ (Gujarati script)
ਮੂ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑍂 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦹ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂴 (Kaithi script)
ಮೂ (Kannada script)
មូ (Khmer script)
ມູ (Lao script)
മൂ (Malayalam script)
ᠮᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘴 (Modi script)
ᠮᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐹 (Newa script)
ମୂ (Odia script)
ꢪꢹ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆷 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖳 (Siddham script)
මූ (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚱 (Takri script)
மூ (Tamil script)
మూ (Telugu script)
มู (Thai script)
མཱུ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably related to मूत (mūta, “bound; a woven basket”),^[1]^[2] as well as Proto-Iranian *mauda- (“hair”) (whence Persian (mu, “hair”)).^[3] Possibly related to मीव् (mīv, “to move”) as a form of "setting in motion by pushing and pressing (binding actions)".^[1]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /muː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /muː/

Root

मू • (mū)

to bind, tie, fix

Derived terms

Adjective

मू • (mū) stem

binding, tying, fixing

Declension

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Noun

मू • (mū) stem, f

the act of binding or tying

Declension

Feminine ū-stem declension of मू
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मूः (mūḥ)	मुवौ (muvau)	मुवः (muvaḥ)
vocative	मूः (mūḥ)	मुवौ (muvau)	मुवः (muvaḥ)
accusative	मुवम् (muvam)	मुवौ (muvau)	मुवः (muvaḥ)
instrumental	मुवा (muvā)	मूभ्याम् (mūbhyām)	मूभिः (mūbhiḥ)
dative	मुवे (muve) मुवै¹ (muvai¹)	मूभ्याम् (mūbhyām)	मूभ्यः (mūbhyaḥ)
ablative	मुवः (muvaḥ) मुवाः¹ (muvāḥ¹) मुवै² (muvai²)	मूभ्याम् (mūbhyām)	मूभ्यः (mūbhyaḥ)
genitive	मुवः (muvaḥ) मुवाः¹ (muvāḥ¹) मुवै² (muvai²)	मुवोः (muvoḥ)	मुवाम् (muvām) मूनाम्¹ (mūnām¹)
locative	मुवि (muvi) मुवाम्¹ (muvām¹)	मुवोः (muvoḥ)	मूषु (mūṣu)

¹Later Sanskrit
²Brāhmaṇas

References

Monier Williams (1899) “मू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 825/3.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 365; 365-66
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 602-3
^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 283

[EWAia-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 365; 365-66

[2] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 602-3

[3] Edelʹman, D. I. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 283

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