मुहुर्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥ȷ́ʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥ǵʰús (brief, short), formed from the root *mreǵʰ-. Cognate with Latin brevis (short), Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, short), Russian бо́рзый (bórzyj, swift, brisk).

Pronunciation

Adverb

मुहुर् • (múhur)

  1. suddenly, at once, in a moment
    1. for a moment, a while
  2. at every moment, constantly, incessantly
    मुहुर्मुहुर्muhurmuhuragain and again
  3. on the other hand, on the contrary
  • मुहुके (muhuké, in an instant, suddenly)
  • मुहूर्त (muhūrtá, moment, short period of time)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899), “मुहुर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 825, column 1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “múhur”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 364-5
  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “múhur”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 319