मुख

Garhwali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मुख (mukha).

Noun

मुख (mukh) m

1. mouth
2. face

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Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mʊkʰ/

Noun

मुख • (mukh) m (Urdu spelling مکھ)

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

Declension

Declension of मुख (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मुख mukh	मुख mukh
oblique	मुख mukh	मुखों mukhõ
vocative	मुख mukh	मुखो mukho

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• मुखाभिगम (mukhābhigam)
• मुखमैथुन (mukhmaithun)

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Nepali

Etymology

From Sanskrit मुख (mukha).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

मुख • (mukh)

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

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• mukha (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑀼𑀔 (Brahmi script)
• মুখ (Bengali script)
• මුඛ (Sinhalese script)
• မုခ or မုၶ (Burmese script)
• มุข or มุขะ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩩᨡ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຸຂ or ມຸຂະ (Lao script)
• មុខ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄪𑄈 (Chakma script)

Noun

मुख n

1. Devanagari script form of mukha

Declension

Declension table of "मुख" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	मुखं (mukhaṃ)	मुखानि (mukhāni)
Accusative (second)	मुखं (mukhaṃ)	मुखानि (mukhāni)
Instrumental (third)	मुखेन (mukhena)	मुखेहि (mukhehi) or मुखेभि (mukhebhi)
Dative (fourth)	मुखस्स (mukhassa) or मुखाय (mukhāya) or मुखत्थं (mukhatthaṃ)	मुखानं (mukhānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	मुखस्मा (mukhasmā) or मुखम्हा (mukhamhā) or मुखा (mukhā)	मुखेहि (mukhehi) or मुखेभि (mukhebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	मुखस्स (mukhassa)	मुखानं (mukhānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	मुखस्मिं (mukhasmiṃ) or मुखम्हि (mukhamhi) or मुखे (mukhe)	मुखेसु (mukhesu)
Vocative (calling)	मुख (mukha)	मुखानि (mukhāni)

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মুখ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬸᬔ (Balinese script)
• মুখ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰲𑰏 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀼𑀔 (Brahmi script)
• မုခ (Burmese script)
• મુખ (Gujarati script)
• ਮੁਖ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍁𑌖 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦸꦑ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂳𑂎 (Kaithi script)
• ಮುಖ (Kannada script)
• មុខ (Khmer script)
• ມຸຂ (Lao script)
• മുഖ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡠᡘᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘳𑘏 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠤᠻᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧔𑦯 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐸𑐏 (Newa script)
• ମୁଖ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢸꢓ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆶𑆒 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖲𑖏 (Siddham script)
• මුඛ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩒𑩝 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚰𑚋 (Takri script)
• முக² (Tamil script)
• ముఖ (Telugu script)
• มุข (Thai script)
• མུ་ཁ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒳𑒐 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨃𑨌 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

मुख • (múkha) stem, n

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

Declension

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

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Khowar: موخ (mux)
  • Shina: مُک (muk)
• Assamese: মুহ (muh)
• Pali: mukha
  • → Burmese: မုခ် (muhk)
    • → Shan: မုၵ်ႈ (mūk)
• • Gujarati: મોં (mõ)
  • Hindi: मुँह (mũh)
  • Punjabi: ਮੂੰਹ (mū̃h) / مُون٘ہہ (mūṉh)
  • Romani: muj
• → Assamese: মুখ (mukh)
• → Bengali: মুখ (mukh)
• → Gujarati: મુખ (mukh)
• → Hindi: मुख (mukh)
• → Kannada: ಮುಖ (mukha)
• → Khmer: មុខ (muk)
• → Malay: muka
  • Indonesian: muka
• → Malayalam: മുഖം (mukhaṁ)
• → Marathi: मुख (mukh)
• → Nepali: मुख (mukh)
• → Punjabi: ਮੁਖ (mukh)
• → Rajasthani: मुखड़ौ (mukhṛau)
• → Tagalog: mukhâ
• → Tamil: முகம் (mukam)
• → Telugu: ముఖము (mukhamu)