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

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Noun

मू • (mū) stem, f

the act of binding or tying

Declension

Feminine ū-stem declension of मू (mū)
	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 / मुवै¹ muve / muvai¹	मूभ्याम् mūbhyām	मूभ्यः mūbhyaḥ
Ablative	मुवः / मुवाः¹ / मुवै² muvaḥ / muvāḥ¹ / muvai²	मूभ्याम् mūbhyām	मूभ्यः mūbhyaḥ
Genitive	मुवः / मुवाः¹ / मुवै² muvaḥ / muvāḥ¹ / muvai²	मुवोः muvoḥ	मुवाम् / मूनाम्¹ muvām / mūnām¹
Locative	मुवि / मुवाम्¹ muvi / muvām¹	मुवोः muvoḥ	मूषु mūṣu
Notes	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

[1]

[2]

[3]