# मयूर
## Hindi
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

मयूर • (mayūr) m (feminine मयूरी, Urdu spelling مَیُور)
* a peacock
    Synonyms: मोर (mor), (feminine) मोरनी (mornī)

#### Declension
## Nepali
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मयूर (mayūra)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mʌjuɾʌ]
* Phonetic Devanagari: मयुर्

### Noun

मयूर • (mayūra)
* peacock

## Sanskrit
### 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: /mɐ.júː.ɾɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /mɐˈjuː.ɾɐ/

### Noun

मयूर • (mayū́ra) stem, m (feminine मयूरी)
* peacock (YV., MBh., etc.)

#### 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)

### References

* ↑ Lubotsky, Alexander (1999) “The Indo-Iranian substratum”, in Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European: Linguistic and Archaeological Considerations‎, Helsinki, page 4
* ↑ Masica, Colin P. (1993) The Indo-Aryan Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 40
* ↑ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 37.
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 317
* ↑ Morgenstierne, Georg (2003) Elfenbein, J., MacKenzie, D. N., Sims-Williams, Nicholas, editors, A New Etymological Vocabulary of Pashto (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN

### 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]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 586-7