मौर्य

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मौर्य (maurya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mɔːɾ.jᵊ/

Proper noun

मौर्य • (maurya) m (Urdu spelling موریا)

1. Maurya, Mauryan Empire (an ancient empire in present-day India, Bangladesh and Pakistan)

Declension

Declension of मौर्य (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	मौर्य maurya
oblique	मौर्य maurya
vocative	मौर्य maurya

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• মৌৰ্য (Assamese script)
• ᬫᭁᬃᬬ (Balinese script)
• মৌর্য (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰻𑰨𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑁅𑀭𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• မော်ရျ (Burmese script)
• મૌર્ય (Gujarati script)
• ਮੌਰ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍌𑌰𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦻꦴꦫꦾ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂸𑂩𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೌರ್ಯ (Kannada script)
• មៅយ៌ (Khmer script)
• ເມົາຣ຺ຍ (Lao script)
• മൗര്യ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠣᠣᡵᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘼𑘨𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠣᠧᠸᠠᠷᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧝𑧈𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑑁𑐬𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
• ମୌର୍ଯ (Odia script)
• ꢪꣃꢬ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆿𑆫𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖻𑖨𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
• මෞර්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩘𑩼 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚵𑚤𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
• மௌர்ய (Tamil script)
• మౌర్య (Telugu script)
• เมารฺย (Thai script)
• མཽ་རྱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒾𑒩𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨈𑨫𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Originally an adjective form of मयूर (mayū́ra, “peacock”)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɑːwɾ.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɑwɾ.jɐ/

Proper noun

मौर्य • (maurya) stem, m

1. Maurya, Mauryan Empire (an ancient empire in present-day India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nepal)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मौर्य

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मौर्यः (mauryaḥ)	मौर्यौ (mauryau) मौर्या¹ (mauryā¹)	मौर्याः (mauryāḥ) मौर्यासः¹ (mauryāsaḥ¹)
vocative	मौर्य (maurya)	मौर्यौ (mauryau) मौर्या¹ (mauryā¹)	मौर्याः (mauryāḥ) मौर्यासः¹ (mauryāsaḥ¹)
accusative	मौर्यम् (mauryam)	मौर्यौ (mauryau) मौर्या¹ (mauryā¹)	मौर्यान् (mauryān)
instrumental	मौर्येण (mauryeṇa)	मौर्याभ्याम् (mauryābhyām)	मौर्यैः (mauryaiḥ) मौर्येभिः¹ (mauryebhiḥ¹)
dative	मौर्याय (mauryāya)	मौर्याभ्याम् (mauryābhyām)	मौर्येभ्यः (mauryebhyaḥ)
ablative	मौर्यात् (mauryāt)	मौर्याभ्याम् (mauryābhyām)	मौर्येभ्यः (mauryebhyaḥ)
genitive	मौर्यस्य (mauryasya)	मौर्ययोः (mauryayoḥ)	मौर्याणाम् (mauryāṇām)
locative	मौर्ये (maurye)	मौर्ययोः (mauryayoḥ)	मौर्येषु (mauryeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Bhojpuri: मौर्य (maurya)
• → English: Maurya
• → Hindi: मौर्य (maurya)
• → Marathi: मौर्य (maurya)
• → Nepali: मौर्य (maurya)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “मौर्य”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]