मयूर

See also: मयूरी

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मयूर (mayūra). Doublet of मोर (mor).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mə.juːɾ/, [mɐ.juːɾ]
• Hyphenation: म‧यूर
• Rhymes: -uːɾ

Noun

मयूर • (mayūr) m (feminine मयूरी, Urdu spelling مَیُور)

1. a peacock

   Synonyms: मोर (mor), (feminine) मोरनी (mornī)

Declension

Declension of मयूर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मयूर mayūr	मयूर mayūr
oblique	मयूर mayūr	मयूरों mayūrõ
vocative	मयूर mayūr	मयूरो mayūro

Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मयूर (mayūra)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʌjuɾʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: मयुर्

Noun

मयूर • (mayūra)

1. peacock

Sanskrit

mayū́ra: a peacock.

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ময়ূৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬬᬹᬭ (Balinese script)
• ময়ূর (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰧𑰳𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀬𑀽𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• မယူရ (Burmese script)
• મયૂર (Gujarati script)
• ਮਯੂਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌯𑍂𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦪꦹꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂨𑂴𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಯೂರ (Kannada script)
• មយូរ (Khmer script)
• ມຍູຣ (Lao script)
• മയൂര (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᠶᡠᡠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘧𑘴𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠶ᠋ᠤᠤᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧇𑧕𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐫𑐹𑐬 (Newa script)
• ମଯୂର (Odia script)
• ꢪꢫꢹꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆪𑆷𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖧𑖳𑖨 (Siddham script)
• මයූර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩻𑩒𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚣𑚱𑚤 (Takri script)
• மயூர (Tamil script)
• మయూర (Telugu script)
• มยูร (Thai script)
• མ་ཡཱུ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒨𑒴𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨪𑨃𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *mayVr (“peacock”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.júː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐˈjuː.ɾɐ/

Noun

मयूर • (mayū́ra) stem, m (feminine मयूरी)

1. peacock (YV., MBh., etc.)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मयूर (mayū́ra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मयूरः mayū́raḥ	मयूरौ / मयूरा¹ mayū́rau / mayū́rā¹	मयूराः / मयूरासः¹ mayū́rāḥ / mayū́rāsaḥ¹
Vocative	मयूर máyūra	मयूरौ / मयूरा¹ máyūrau / máyūrā¹	मयूराः / मयूरासः¹ máyūrāḥ / máyūrāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मयूरम् mayū́ram	मयूरौ / मयूरा¹ mayū́rau / mayū́rā¹	मयूरान् mayū́rān
Instrumental	मयूरेण mayū́reṇa	मयूराभ्याम् mayū́rābhyām	मयूरैः / मयूरेभिः¹ mayū́raiḥ / mayū́rebhiḥ¹
Dative	मयूराय mayū́rāya	मयूराभ्याम् mayū́rābhyām	मयूरेभ्यः mayū́rebhyaḥ
Ablative	मयूरात् mayū́rāt	मयूराभ्याम् mayū́rābhyām	मयूरेभ्यः mayū́rebhyaḥ
Genitive	मयूरस्य mayū́rasya	मयूरयोः mayū́rayoḥ	मयूराणाम् mayū́rāṇām
Locative	मयूरे mayū́re	मयूरयोः mayū́rayoḥ	मयूरेषु mayū́reṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• मयूरी f (mayūrī́, “peahen”)
• मौर्य (maurya)

Borrowed terms

• Bengali: ময়ূর (moẏur)
• Hindustani:

  Hindi: मयूर (mayūr)

  Urdu: میور (myor)

  • → Ormuri:

    Kaniguram: [script needed] (myaumurǧā́n) (+ مرغه (mirgá, “hen, bird”))

  • → Pashto: میور (myawr, maywə́r) (dialectal, Kohat)
• Old Javanese: [script needed] (mayūra), [script needed] (mañūra)
  • Javanese: ꦩꦚꦸꦫ (manyura)
• Nepali: मयूर (mayūra)
• Newar: मुयुर (muyura)
• Old Khmer: មយូរ (mayūra)
  • Khmer: មយូរ (mĕəʼyuu)
• Tamil: மயூரம் (mayūram)
• Thai: มยูร, มยุร, มยุระ, มยุรา
• Classical Tibetan:
  • Tibetan: རྨ་བྱ (rma bya)
  • → Western Yugur: ïrmayüa

Descendants

• Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑁄𑀭 (mora)
  • Bagheli: मोरइला (morailā)
  • Bhojpuri: 𑂧𑂷𑂩 (mor), मोर (mōr)
• Ashokan Prakrit: [script needed] (majūla)
• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: مور (mōr)
  • Shina: مَیُون (mʌyū́n)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Early Assamese: মৈৰা (moira)
    • Assamese: ম’ৰা (möra)
• Maharastri Prakrit:
  • Old Marathi: मोर (mora)
    • Marathi: मोर (mor)
• Pali: mora
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਮੋਰ (mor) / مور (mor)
  • Sindhi: مورُ (moru)

• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑁄𑀭 (mora)
  • Old Gujarati:
    • Gujarati: મોર (mor)
    • Malvi: मोर (mor), मोर्यो (moryo)
    • Marwari: मोर (mor), मोरियौ (moriyau)
    • Mewari: मोर्यो (moryo)
  • Old Hindi: मोर (mora)
    • Hindi: मोर (mor)
    • Urdu: مور (mor)
      • → Brahui: مور (mōr)
      • → Pashto: مور (mor)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “मयूर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 789/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[3] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 586-7