Re: [tied] Peacock

mayu_ra means "petty" (Thaker, J.P. Pavo, The Indian Journal of Ornithology, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1963).
Michel
noms-oiseaux.org
 

S.Kalyanaraman a écrit:

mayu_ra is peacock in Sanskrit.

It appears that this is derived from the substratum Mun.d.a word:
marak = peahen (Santali)

Are there IE cognates?
 
 

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