कूर
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /kuːɾ/
- Rhymes: -uːɾ
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian کور (kūr).
Alternative forms
- कोर (kor)
Adjective
कूर • (kūr) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کور)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀽𑀭 (kūra), from Sanskrit क्रूर (krūrá, “bloody, raw, cruel”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kruHrás, from Proto-Indo-European *kruh₂rós (“bloody”). Distant cognate to English crude.
Alternative forms
- क्रूर (krūr)
Adjective
कूर • (kūr) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کور)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कूर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “कूर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kūra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press