मुख

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मुख (mukha).

मुख (mukh) m

1. mouth
2. face

Borrowed from Sanskrit मुख (mukha). Doublet of मुँह (mũh), a tadbhava.

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mʊkʰ/

मुख • (mukh) m (Urdu spelling مکھ)

1. (anatomy) mouth
2. (anatomy) face

• (mouth): मुँह (mũh)
• (face): चेहरा (cehrā)

• मुखाभिगम (mukhābhigam)
• मुखमैथुन (mukhmaithun)

Borrowed from Sanskrit मुख (múkha, “mouth, face, visage”). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘦𑘳𑘏 (mukha).

• IPA^(key): /mukʰ/, [muːkʰ]

मुख • (mukh) n

1. (anatomy) mouth

   Synonym: तोंड (toṇḍa)

2. (anatomy) face

   Synonyms: चेहरा (cehrā), तोंड (toṇḍa)

Declension of मुख (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	मुख mukh
direct plural	मुखे, मुखं mukhe, mukha
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	मुख mukh		मुखे, मुखं mukhe, mukha
oblique सामान्यरूप	मुखा mukhā		मुखां- mukhān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	मुखाला mukhālā		मुखांना mukhānnā
ergative	मुखाने, मुखानं mukhāne, mukhāna		मुखांनी mukhānnī
instrumental	मुखाशी mukhāśī		मुखांशी mukhānśī
locative सप्तमी	मुखात mukhāt		मुखांत mukhāt
vocative संबोधन	मुखा mukhā		मुखांनो mukhānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of मुख (neut cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	मुखाचा mukhāċā	मुखाचे mukhāċe	मुखाची mukhācī	मुखाच्या mukhācā	मुखाचे, मुखाचं mukhāċe, mukhāċa	मुखाची mukhācī	मुखाच्या mukhācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	मुखांचा mukhānċā	मुखांचे mukhānċe	मुखांची mukhāñcī	मुखांच्या mukhāncā	मुखांचे, मुखांचं mukhānċe, mukhānċa	मुखांची mukhāñcī	मुखांच्या mukhāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “मुख”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मुख”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “मुख”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

Borrowed from Sanskrit मुख (mukha).

• IPA^(key): [muk̞ʰ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: मुख्

मुख • (mukh)

1. (anatomy) mouth
2. mouth (opening, outlet, source)
3. beak
4. (anatomy) face

मुख (mukha) n

1. Devanagari script form of 𑘦𑘳𑘏

मुख n

1. Devanagari script form of mukha

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *múkʰam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *múkʰam, from earlier *múkHam, with further origin uncertain.

According to Pokorny, ultimately from Dravidian and not related to Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“lips, muzzle”) (Proto-Germanic *mūlō, English mutter, Latin muttiō).

However, Mayrhofer considers an Indo-European derivation to be more likely, taking Proto-Indo-European *mu- to mean "a vocal gesture for pressed lips", and compares Ancient Greek μῠχός (mukhós, “innermost part of a place”), μῦθος (mûthos, “word”), and German Maul (“mouth (of an animal)”). According to him, the possibility of a borrowing from Dravidian (compare Tamil முகம் (mukam, “face”)) or "pan-Asiatic" is possible but unlikely due to the root's presence in Vedic texts and Iranian languages.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mú.kʰɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.kʰɐ/

मुख॑ • (múkha) stem, n

1. (anatomy) mouth
2. (anatomy) face
3. visage
4. (neologism) font

Neuter a-stem declension of मुख (múkha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मुखम् múkham	मुखे múkhe	मुखानि / मुखा¹ múkhāni / múkhā¹
Vocative	मुख múkha	मुखे múkhe	मुखानि / मुखा¹ múkhāni / múkhā¹
Accusative	मुखम् múkham	मुखे múkhe	मुखानि / मुखा¹ múkhāni / múkhā¹
Instrumental	मुखेन múkhena	मुखाभ्याम् múkhābhyām	मुखैः / मुखेभिः¹ múkhaiḥ / múkhebhiḥ¹
Dative	मुखाय múkhāya	मुखाभ्याम् múkhābhyām	मुखेभ्यः múkhebhyaḥ
Ablative	मुखात् múkhāt	मुखाभ्याम् múkhābhyām	मुखेभ्यः múkhebhyaḥ
Genitive	मुखस्य múkhasya	मुखयोः múkhayoḥ	मुखानाम् múkhānām
Locative	मुखे múkhe	मुखयोः múkhayoḥ	मुखेषु múkheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Borrowed terms

• Monier Williams (1899) “मुख”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 819/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 360
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 648-649
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “751-52”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 751-52