मूर्ति, मूर्त mūrti, mūrt

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · f.

Earlier definition

Definition

Idol, statue, image.

Usual translation

  1. image
  2. idol
  3. embodiment

Origin of the definition

मूर्ति mūrti mu:rti (nf) an idol, statue; image; -कला sculpture; statuary; ~कार sculptor; statuary; ~पूजक an idolater; -पूजन/पूजा idolatry; ~भंजक an iconoclast; -भंजन iconoclasm; ~विज्ञान iconography; -संग्रह statuary; —, लघु statuette; —तोड़ना to indulge in iconoclasm; to shatter a statue/an image.

S مورت मूर्त्ति mūrtti, or मूर्ति mūrti, vulg. mūrtī, or mūrt; H. मुरत mūrat, and मूरति mūrati, or mūrti, s.f. A solid body; a tangible or material form, anything which has definite shape and limits; the human frame; body; form; visible shape; matter, substance; — embodiment; incarnation; personification; — an image, an idol; a statue, a picture; flgure, form (the most com. meanings); — a holy person, a faqīr; — a person, a man, an individual (com. used by Bairāgīs).

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

540 occurrences

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Avyakts

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Mamma

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Created
Tuesday 28 April 2020
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