डमरु
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɖəm.ɾuː/, [ɖɐ̃m.ɾuː]
Noun
डमरु • (ḍamru) m
- alternative spelling of डमरू (ḍamrū)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | डमरु ḍamru |
डमरु ḍamru |
| oblique | डमरु ḍamru |
डमरुओं ḍamruõ |
| vocative | डमरु ḍamru |
डमरुओ ḍamruo |
Derived terms
- डमरुमध्य (ḍamrumadhya)
- भूडमरुमध्य (bhūḍamrumadhya)
- जलडमरुमध्य (jalḍamrumadhya)
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- डमरुक (ḍamaruka)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ডমৰু (Assamese script)
- ᬟᬫᬭᬸ (Balinese script)
- ডমরু (Bengali script)
- 𑰚𑰦𑰨𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀟𑀫𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ဍမရု (Burmese script)
- ડમરુ (Gujarati script)
- ਡਮਰੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌡𑌮𑌰𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦝꦩꦫꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂙𑂧𑂩𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಡಮರು (Kannada script)
- ឌមរុ (Khmer script)
- ຑມຣຸ (Lao script)
- ഡമരു (Malayalam script)
- ᡷᠠᠮᠠᡵᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘚𑘦𑘨𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᢎᠠᠮᠠᠷᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦺𑧆𑧈𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐜𑐩𑐬𑐸 (Newa script)
- ଡମରୁ (Odia script)
- ꢞꢪꢬꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆝𑆩𑆫𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖚𑖦𑖨𑖲 (Siddham script)
- ඩමරු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩨𑩴𑩼𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚖𑚢𑚤𑚰 (Takri script)
- ட³மரு (Tamil script)
- డమరు (Telugu script)
- ฑมรุ (Thai script)
- ཌ་མ་རུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒛𑒧𑒩𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨖𑨢𑨫𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Onomatopoeic
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɖɐ.mɐ.ɾu/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɖɐ.mɐ.ɾu/
Noun
डमरु • (ḍamaru) stem, m
- (music) a sacred drum, shaped like an hourglass, used by the god Shiva and by Buddhist mendicant monks for a musical accompaniment in chanting
- surprise
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | डमरुः (ḍamaruḥ) | डमरू (ḍamarū) | डमरवः (ḍamaravaḥ) |
| accusative | डमरुम् (ḍamarum) | डमरू (ḍamarū) | डमरून् (ḍamarūn) |
| instrumental | डमरुणा (ḍamaruṇā) डमर्वा¹ (ḍamarvā¹) |
डमरुभ्याम् (ḍamarubhyām) | डमरुभिः (ḍamarubhiḥ) |
| dative | डमरवे (ḍamarave) डमर्वे¹ (ḍamarve¹) |
डमरुभ्याम् (ḍamarubhyām) | डमरुभ्यः (ḍamarubhyaḥ) |
| ablative | डमरोः (ḍamaroḥ) डमर्वः¹ (ḍamarvaḥ¹) |
डमरुभ्याम् (ḍamarubhyām) | डमरुभ्यः (ḍamarubhyaḥ) |
| genitive | डमरोः (ḍamaroḥ) डमर्वः¹ (ḍamarvaḥ¹) |
डमर्वोः (ḍamarvoḥ) | डमरूणाम् (ḍamarūṇām) |
| locative | डमरौ (ḍamarau) | डमर्वोः (ḍamarvoḥ) | डमरुषु (ḍamaruṣu) |
| vocative | डमरो (ḍamaro) | डमरू (ḍamarū) | डमरवः (ḍamaravaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Prakrit: 𑀟𑀩𑀭𑀼𑀅 (ḍabarua)
- Northern:
- Kumaoni: डौंर (ḍaũr), डौंरु (ḍaũru)
- Northwestern:
- Punjabi: ḍaurū
- Gurmukhi script: ਡੌਰੂ
- Shahmukhi script: ڈَوْرُو
- Punjabi: ḍaurū
- Southern:
- Marathi: डौर (ḍaur), डवरा (ḍavrā), डौरी (ḍaurī)
- Northern:
- Assamese: ডম্বৰু (domboru)
- Bengali: ডমরু (ḍomru)
- Gujarati: ડમરુ (ḍamru)
- Hindustani: ḍamrū
- Marathi: डमरु (ḍamru)
- Nepali: डम्बरु (ḍambaru), डमरु (ḍamaru)
- Odia: ଡମ୍ବରୁ (ḍambaru), ଡମରୁ (ḍamaru)
- Telugu: డమరు (ḍamaru)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “डमरु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 430.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ḍamaru”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press