अगरु
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অগৰু (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬕᬭᬸ (Balinese script)
- অগরু (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰐𑰨𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀕𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- အဂရု (Burmese script)
- અગરુ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਗਰੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌗𑌰𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦒꦫꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂏𑂩𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಗರು (Kannada script)
- អគរុ (Khmer script)
- ອຄຣຸ (Lao script)
- അഗരു (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᡤᠠᡵᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘐𑘨𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠺᠠᠷᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑦰𑧈𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐐𑐬𑐸 (Newa script)
- ଅଗରୁ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢔꢬꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆓𑆫𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖐𑖨𑖲 (Siddham script)
- අගරු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩞𑩼𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚌𑚤𑚰 (Takri script)
- அக³ரு (Tamil script)
- అగరు (Telugu script)
- อครุ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ག་རུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒑𑒩𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨍𑨫𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Borrowed from Dravidian language, compare Tamil அகில் (akil, “eagle-wood”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ.ɡɐ.ɾu/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.ɡɐ.ɾu/
Noun
अगरु • (agaru) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अगरुः (agaruḥ) | अगरू (agarū) | अगरवः (agaravaḥ) |
| accusative | अगरुम् (agarum) | अगरू (agarū) | अगरून् (agarūn) |
| instrumental | अगरुणा (agaruṇā) अगर्वा¹ (agarvā¹) |
अगरुभ्याम् (agarubhyām) | अगरुभिः (agarubhiḥ) |
| dative | अगरवे (agarave) अगर्वे¹ (agarve¹) |
अगरुभ्याम् (agarubhyām) | अगरुभ्यः (agarubhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अगरोः (agaroḥ) अगर्वः¹ (agarvaḥ¹) |
अगरुभ्याम् (agarubhyām) | अगरुभ्यः (agarubhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अगरोः (agaroḥ) अगर्वः¹ (agarvaḥ¹) |
अगर्वोः (agarvoḥ) | अगरूणाम् (agarūṇām) |
| locative | अगरौ (agarau) | अगर्वोः (agarvoḥ) | अगरुषु (agaruṣu) |
| vocative | अगरो (agaro) | अगरू (agarū) | अगरवः (agaravaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- → Tocharian B: akaru (“aloe”)
- → Old Uyghur: 𐽰𐽰𐽲𐽾 (ʾʾqr /aġar/, “aloe”)
- → Tocharian B: okaro (“agarwood”) (possibly)
References
- ^ Shulman, David (2016) Tamil: A biography, Harvard University Press, pages 19-20:
- We have ahalim [in Hebrew], probably derived directly from Tamil akil rather than from Sanskrit aguru, itself a loan from the Tamil (Numbers 24.8; Proverbs 7.17; Song of Songs 4.14; Psalms 45.9--the latter two instances with the feminine plural form ahalot. Akil is, we think, native to South India, and it is thus not surprising that the word was borrowed by cultures that imported this plant.
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “agaru”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press