कुरुक्षेत्र
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit कुरुक्षेत्र (kurukṣetra).
Proper noun
कुरुक्षेत्र • (kurukṣetra) m
- Kurukshetra (a city in Haryana, India, famous for the mythical War of Kurukshetra)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কুৰুক্ষেত্ৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬸᬭᬸᬓ᭄ᬱᬾᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
- কুরুক্ষেত্র (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰲𑰨𑰲𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰸𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀼𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁂𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ကုရုက္ၑေတြ (Burmese script)
- કુરુક્ષેત્ર (Gujarati script)
- ਕੁਰੁਕ੍ਸ਼ੇਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦸꦫꦸꦏ꧀ꦰꦺꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂳𑂩𑂳𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂵𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಕುರುಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ (Kannada script)
- កុរុក្ឞេត្រ (Khmer script)
- ກຸຣຸກ຺ເຩຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
- കുരുക്ഷേത്ര (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᡠᡵᡠᡬᢢᡝᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘳𑘨𑘳𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘹𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠤᠷᠤᢉᢔᠧᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧔𑧈𑧔𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧚𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐸𑐬𑐸𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐾𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
- କୁରୁକ୍ଷେତ୍ର (Odia script)
- ꢒꢸꢬꢸꢒ꣄ꢰꢾꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆶𑆫𑆶𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆼𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖲𑖨𑖲𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖸𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
- කුරුක්ෂෙත්ර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩒𑩼𑩒𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩔𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚰𑚤𑚰𑚊𑚶𑚲𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
- குருக்ஷேத்ர (Tamil script)
- కురుక్షేత్ర (Telugu script)
- กุรุกฺเษตฺร (Thai script)
- ཀུ་རུ་ཀྵེ་ཏྲ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒳𑒩𑒳𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒹𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨃𑨫𑨃𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨄𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Compound of कुरु (kúru) + क्षेत्र (kṣétra), literally “land of Kuru”.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ku.ɾuk.ʂɐjt.ɾɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ku.ɾuk.ʂeːt̪.ɾɐ/
Proper noun
कुरुक्षेत्र • (kurukṣetrá) stem, n
- Kurukshetra, name of an extensive plain near Delhi, famous for the mythical war mentioned in the Mahābhārata.
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | कुरुक्षेत्रम् (kurukṣetrám) |
| accusative | कुरुक्षेत्रम् (kurukṣetrám) |
| instrumental | कुरुक्षेत्रेण (kurukṣetréṇa) |
| dative | कुरुक्षेत्राय (kurukṣetrā́ya) |
| ablative | कुरुक्षेत्रात् (kurukṣetrā́t) |
| genitive | कुरुक्षेत्रस्य (kurukṣetrásya) |
| locative | कुरुक्षेत्रे (kurukṣetré) |
| vocative | कुरुक्षेत्र (kúrukṣetra) |
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “कुरुक्षेत्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 294, column 1.