# मौन
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मौन (mauná).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /mɔːn/, [mɔ̃ːn]

### Noun

मौन • (maun) m (Urdu spelling مون)
* silence, taciturnity
    Synonym: ख़ामोशी (xāmośī)
    उसने इस छुट्टी के लिए मौन-व्रत ले लिया।usne is chuṭṭī ke lie maun-vrat le liyā.For this holiday, he has taken a vow of silence.

#### Declension
### Adjective

मौन • (maun) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling مون)
* silent, speechless
    Synonym: ख़ामोश (xāmoś)
    मौन रहो! अध्यापक बात कर रहा है।maun raho! adhyāpak bāt kar rahā hai.Keep silent! The teacher is speaking.

#### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “मौन”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* Platts, John T. (1884) “मौन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मौन (mauná).

### Noun

मौन • (maun) n
* silence, refraining from speech

### Adjective

मौन • (maun)
* silent

#### Derived terms

* मौन राखणे (maun rākhṇe, “to refrain from speech”)

#### References

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

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* মৌন (Assamese script)
* ᬫᭁᬦ (Balinese script)
* মৌন (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰻𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑁅𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* မော်န (Burmese script)
* મૌન (Gujarati script)
* ਮੌਨ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑍌𑌨 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦻꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂸𑂢 (Kaithi script)
* ಮೌನ (Kannada script)
* មៅន (Khmer script)
* ເມົານ (Lao script)
* മൗന (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᠣᠣᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘼𑘡 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠣᠧᠸᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑧝𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑑁𑐣 (Newa script)
* ମୌନ (Odia script)
* ꢪꣃꢥ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆿𑆤 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖻𑖡 (Siddham script)
* මෞන (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩘𑩯 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚵𑚝 (Takri script)
* மௌந (Tamil script)
* మౌన (Telugu script)
* เมาน (Thai script)
* མཽ་ན (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒾𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨈𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of मुनि (muni).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /mɑːw.nɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈmɑw.n̪ɐ/

### Noun

मौन • (mauná) stem, n
* silence, taciturnity
    मौनं स्वीकृति लक्षणम्।maunaṃ svīkṛti lakṣaṇam.Silence is (half) consent.
* the unblooming state
* the office or position of a holy sage

#### Derived terms

* मौनगोपाल (maunagopāla)
* मौनत्याग (maunatyāga)
* मौनधारिन् (maunadhārin)
* मौनभट्ट (maunabhaṭṭa)
* मौनमन्त्रावबोध (maunamantrāvabodha)
* मौनमुद्रा (maunamudrā)
* मौनवृत्ति (maunavṛtti)
* मौनव्रत (maunavrata)
* मौनव्रतधर (maunavratadhara)
* मौनव्रतधारिन् (maunavratadhārin)
* मौनव्रतिन् (maunavratin)
* मौनसम्मति (maunasammati)
* मौनसूत्र (maunasūtra)

#### Descendants

* → Bengali: মৌন (mōun)
* → Gujarati: મૌન (maun)
* → Hindi: मौन (maun)
* → Kashmiri: मोन् (mōn)
* → Malayalam: മൌനം (maunaṁ)
* → Marathi: मौन (maun)
* → Punjabi: ਮੌਨ (maun)
* → Tamil: மௌனம் (mauṉam)
* → Telugu: మౌనము (maunamu)
* → Urdu: مون (maun)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “मौन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 836/3, 837/1.