मोहरा
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Hindi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- मुहरा (muhrā)
Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian مُهْرَه (muhra).
Noun
[edit]मोहरा • (mohrā) m (Urdu spelling مُہْرَہ)
- (chess) piece
- 2006, प्रकाश नगायच, शतरंज कैसे खेले, डायमंड बुक्स, →ISBN, page 20:
- लेकिन राजा मोहरा अपने आसपास के खानों में चलकर विरोधी खिलाड़ी के मोहरे पर आक्रमण नहीं करता […]
- lekin rājā mohrā apne āspās ke khānõ mẽ calkar virodhī khilāṛī ke mohre par ākramaṇ nahī̃ kartā […]
- But the king chess piece does not go into its neighbouring regions to attack enemy chess pieces […]
- (figurative) pawn (person)
- bead, bezoar (particularly endowed with divine power)
- 2007, सुदर्शन वशिष्ठ, देव परंपरा (हिमालय गाथा; 1)[1], सुहानी बुक्स, →ISBN:
- लोक विश्वास है कि नग्गर गाँव में किसी औरत को खेत में गोड़ाई करते हुए एक मोहरा मिला।
- lok viśvās hai ki naggar gā̃v mẽ kisī aurat ko khet mẽ goṛāī karte hue ek mohrā milā.
- It is a popular belief that in Naggar village, some woman found a divine bead while hoeing a field.
- vertebra
- Synonym: कशेरुका (kaśerukā)
- 2011, योगाचार्य डॉ. सत्यपाल ग्रोवर, योगासन एवं साधना[2], V&S Publishers, page 8:
- बीच का भाग, जो पसलियों से जुड़ा है और जिसमें 12 मोहरे होते हैं, ‘डोरसिल रिजन’ कहलाता है।
- bīc kā bhāg, jo pasliyõ se juṛā hai aur jismẽ 12 mohre hote ha͠i, ‘ḍorsil rijan’ kahlātā hai.
- The middle portion, which is joined to the ribs and is comprised of 12 vertebrae, is called the ‘dorsal region’.
Declension
[edit]Declension of मोहरा (masc ā-stem)
Etymology 2
[edit]Etymology tree
Prakrit 𑀫𑀼𑀳𑀭 (muhara)
Hindi मोहरा (mohrā)
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀼𑀳𑀭 (muhara) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit मुखर (mukhara, “talkative; leader”).[1]
Noun
[edit]मोहरा • (mohrā) m (Urdu spelling مُہْرَہ)
- face
- Synonym: चेहरा (cehrā)
- 2001, दफ़ैरून, “पहचान-2”, in पेड़ अकेला नहीं कटता[3], रामकृष्ण प्रकाशन, page 61:
- खो गया जैसे चेहरा-मोहरा
खो गई चाल-ढाल जैसे
भाषा खो गई जैसे
खो गई संस्कृति जैसे- kho gayā jaise cehrā-mohrā
kho gaī cāl-ḍhāl jaise
bhāṣā kho gaī jaise
kho gaī sanskŕti jaise - As if I lost my face
As if I lost my gait
As if I lost my language
As if I lost my culture
- kho gayā jaise cehrā-mohrā
Declension
[edit]Declension of मोहरा (masc ā-stem)
Derived terms
[edit]- चेहरा-मोहरा (cehrā-mohrā)
References
[edit]- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mukhará”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 585
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