# मुख्य
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मुख्य (mukhya).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /mʊkʰ.jə/, [mʊkʰ.jɐ]

### Adjective

मुख्य • (mukhya) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling مکھیہ)
* chief
    मुख्य संपादक नया पत्र निकालना चाहता है।mukhya sampādak nayā patra nikālnā cāhtā hai.The chief editor wants to publish a new paper.
    गुजरात का मुख्य मंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी था।gujrāt kā mukhya mantrī narendra modī thā.Narendra Modi was Gujarat's chief minister.
* main, principal
    कृपया मुख्य द्वार प्रयोग कीजिए।kŕpyā mukhya dvār prayog kījie.Please use the main entrance.
* leading
    नाटक में उसने अशोक की मुख्य भूमिका में काम किया।nāṭak mẽ usne aśok kī mukhya bhūmikā mẽ kām kiyā.He played the leading role of Ashoka in the play.

#### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “मुख्य”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मुख्य (mukhya).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mukʰ.jə/

### Adjective

मुख्य • (mukhya)
* main, chief, principal

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “मुख्य”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मुख्य”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

## Nepali
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मुख्य (mukhya).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mukkʰe]
* Phonetic Devanagari: मुक्खे

### Adjective

मुख्य • (mukhya)
* main, chief, principal

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* মুখ্য (Assamese script)
* ᬫᬸᬔ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
* মুখ্য (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰲𑰏𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑀼𑀔𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
* မုချ (Burmese script)
* મુખ્ય (Gujarati script)
* ਮੁਖ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑍁𑌖𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦸꦑꦾ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂳𑂎𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
* ಮುಖ್ಯ (Kannada script)
* មុខ្យ (Khmer script)
* ມຸຂ຺ຍ (Lao script)
* മുഖ്യ (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᡠᡘᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘳𑘏𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠤᠻᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑧔𑦯𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑐸𑐏𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
* ମୁଖ୍ଯ (Odia script)
* ꢪꢸꢓ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆶𑆒𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖲𑖏𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
* මුඛ්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩒𑩝 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚰𑚋𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
* முக்²ய (Tamil script)
* ముఖ్య (Telugu script)
* มุขฺย (Thai script)
* མུ་ཁྱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒳𑒐𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨃𑨌𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From मुख॑ (múkha, “face, front”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /mukʰ.jɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈmukʰ.jɐ/

### Noun

मुख्य॑ • (múkhya) stem, m
* a leader, guide, commander

#### Declension
### Adjective

मुख्य॑ • (múkhya) stem
* chief; main; principal
* having to do with the mouth or face
* being at the head or at the beginning, first, principal, chief, eminent

#### Descendants

* Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀫𑀼𑀔 (mukha), 𑀫𑀼𑀔𑁆𑀬 (mukhya)
** Prakrit: 𑀫𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔 (mukkha)
* Pali: mukkha

##### Borrowed terms

* → Bhojpuri: मुख्य (mukhya) (learned)
* → Hindi: मुख्य (mukhya) (learned)
* → Marathi: मुख्य (mukhya) (learned)
* → Nepali: मुख्य (mukhya) (learned)
* → Tamil: முக்கியம் (mukkiyam) (learned)
* → Telugu: ముఖ్యము (mukhyamu) (learned)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “मुख्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 820/2.