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Where does “mura” come from?

mura (Tagalog) comes from Pali muddha, from Sanskrit मुग्ध, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mugdʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mawgʰ- — to err, to deviate, to be foolish.

mura (Tagalog): cheap; swear word; slander; vulgarity

Definitions

  1. cheap; swear word; slander; vulgarity

Ancestry of “mura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Palimuddhafoolish; bewildered; vocative singular of muddhan
2Sanskritमुग्धperplexed, bewildered; gone astray, lost;...
3Proto-Indo-Iranianmugdʰás—
4Proto-Indo-Iranianmawgʰ-to err, to deviate, to be foolish

Words derived from “mura”

  • magmura
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