# मोह
## Hindi
### Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑁄𑀳 (moha), from Sanskrit मोह (móha).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /moːɦ/, [moːʱ]

### Noun

मोह • (moh) m (Urdu spelling موہ)
* bewilderment, infatuation, attachment
* love, charm

#### Related terms

* मोहक (mohak)
* मनमोहक (manmohak)

#### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मोह”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 837

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* moha (Latin script)
* 𑀫𑁄𑀳 (Brahmi script)
* মোহ (Bengali script)
* මොහ (Sinhalese script)
* မောဟ or မေႃႁ (Burmese script)
* โมห or โมหะ (Thai script)
* ᨾᩮᩣᩉ (Tai Tham script)
* ໂມຫ or ໂມຫະ (Lao script)
* មោហ (Khmer script)
* 𑄟𑄮𑄦 (Chakma script)

### Noun

मोह m
* Devanagari script form of moha

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* মোহ (Assamese script)
* ᬫᭀᬳ (Balinese script)
* মোহ (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰺𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑁄𑀳 (Brahmi script)
* မောဟ (Burmese script)
* મોહ (Gujarati script)
* ਮੋਹ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑍋𑌹 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦺꦴꦲ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂷𑂯 (Kaithi script)
* ಮೋಹ (Kannada script)
* មោហ (Khmer script)
* ໂມຫ (Lao script)
* മോഹ (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᠣᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘻𑘮 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠣᠸᠠᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑧜𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑑀𑐴 (Newa script)
* ମୋହ (Odia script)
* ꢪꣂꢲ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆾𑆲 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖺𑖮 (Siddham script)
* මොහ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩕𑪂 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚴𑚩 (Takri script)
* மோஹ (Tamil script)
* మోహ (Telugu script)
* โมห (Thai script)
* མོ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒼𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨆𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *máwǰʰas, from the root *mawǰʰ- ~ *mawgʰ- (“to err, to be foolish, to deviate”), with further origin uncertain.
The "strange palatal alternation" of the root's final consonant suggests a borrowing from a non-Indo-European language, perhaps the BMAC substrate due to the root's presence in both Indic and Iranic. Alternatively, it suggests contamination from similar roots, such as *dʰrúkš (“lie, deceive”), whence द्रुह् (druh, “injury”), and *gʰawȷ́ʰ- (“to hide, conceal”), whence गुह् (guh, “to conceal”).
Cognate with Avestan 𐬆𐬴𐬆𐬨𐬀𐬊𐬖𐬀 (əṣ̌əmaoγa, “teacher of false doctrines”), Middle Persian 'hl-mwg'n (“heretics”), Khotanese [script needed] (mūys-, “to be foolish”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /mɐ́w.ɦɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈmoː.ɦɐ/

### Noun

मोह • (móha) stem, m (root मुह्)
* loss of consciousness, bewilderment, perplexity, distraction, infatuation, delusion, error, folly
** c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 8.8.9:सेदिरुग्रा व्यृद्धिरार्तिश्चानपवाचना । श्रमस्तन्द्रीश्च मोहश्च तैरमून् अभि दधामि सर्वान् ॥sedirugrā vyṛddhirārtiścānapavācanā. śramastandrīśca mohaśca tairamūn abhi dadhāmi sarvān.Great weakness and misfortune, pain which words can never charm away, Languor, fatigue, bewilderment, with these I compass all the foes.
* fainting, stupefaction, a swoon
** c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
* (in philosophy) darkness or delusion of mind (preventing the discernment of truth and leading men to believe in the reality of worldly objects)
* (with Buddhists) ignorance (one of the three roots of vice Dharmas. 139)
* a magical art employed to bewilder an enemy (= मोहन)
* wonder, amazement
* Infatuation personified (as the offspring of ब्रह्मा)

#### Derived terms

* मोहन (mohana)
* मोहरात्रि (moharātri)

#### Related terms

* मुह्यति (muhyati)
* मुग्ध (mugdha)
* मूढ (mūḍha)

#### Descendants

* Konkani: मोग (mog, “love”)
* → Kannada: ಮೋಹ (mōha)
* → Tamil: மோகம் (mōkam)
* → Telugu: మోహము (mōhamu)
* Japanese: 馬鹿 (“foolish; fool”)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “मोह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 836.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 384-385
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 662
* Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 271