कुरु

See also: कर, कूर, and -कर

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology 1

A relation to Old Persian 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 (ku-u-ru-u-š /⁠Kuruš⁠/) has been suggested, though this is unlikely.

Pronunciation

Noun

कुरु • (kúru) stemm

  1. (in the plural) name of an Indian tribe and of their kingdom
    • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 1.56.1:
      कथितं वै समासेन त्वया सर्वं द्विजोत्तम ।
      महाभारतमाख्यानं कुरूणां चरितं महत् ॥
      kathitaṃ vai samāsena tvayā sarvaṃ dvijottama.
      mahābhāratamākhyānaṃ kurūṇāṃ caritaṃ mahat.
      • 2009 translation by John D. Smith
        Best of Brahmins, you have told me in short form the whole Mahābhārata narrative, the great tale of the Kurus.
  2. (Hinduism) Kuru, ancestor of both the Pandavas and the Kauravas in the Mahabharata
Declension
Masculine u-stem declension of कुरु
singular dual plural
nominative कुरुः (kúruḥ) कुरू (kúrū) कुरवः (kúravaḥ)
accusative कुरुम् (kúrum) कुरू (kúrū) कुरून् (kúrūn)
instrumental कुरुणा (kúruṇā)
कुर्वा¹ (kúrvā¹)
कुरुभ्याम् (kúrubhyām) कुरुभिः (kúrubhiḥ)
dative कुरवे (kúrave)
कुर्वे¹ (kúrve¹)
कुरुभ्याम् (kúrubhyām) कुरुभ्यः (kúrubhyaḥ)
ablative कुरोः (kúroḥ)
कुर्वः¹ (kúrvaḥ¹)
कुरुभ्याम् (kúrubhyām) कुरुभ्यः (kúrubhyaḥ)
genitive कुरोः (kúroḥ)
कुर्वः¹ (kúrvaḥ¹)
कुर्वोः (kúrvoḥ) कुरूणाम् (kúrūṇām)
locative कुरौ (kúrau) कुर्वोः (kúrvoḥ) कुरुषु (kúruṣu)
vocative कुरो (kúro) कुरू (kúrū) कुरवः (kúravaḥ)
  • ¹Vedic
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Urdu: کرو (kurū)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “कुरु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 294, column 1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “kúru-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 371
  • Igor V. P’yankov (November 10, 2011) “CYROPOLIS”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

कुरु • (kurú)

  1. second-person singular imperative active of करोति (karóti, to do, make)