तूर्य

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Of unclear origin.[1] Perhaps from a Prakritic derivation of तूणव (tū́ṇava, flute) or तूण (tūṇa, quiver), or alternatively borrowed from a local substrate; this is all speculative, however.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

तूर्य • (tūrya) stemn

  1. a musical instrument

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of तूर्य
singular dual plural
nominative तूर्यम् (tūryam) तूर्ये (tūrye) तूर्याणि (tūryāṇi)
तूर्या¹ (tūryā¹)
accusative तूर्यम् (tūryam) तूर्ये (tūrye) तूर्याणि (tūryāṇi)
तूर्या¹ (tūryā¹)
instrumental तूर्येण (tūryeṇa) तूर्याभ्याम् (tūryābhyām) तूर्यैः (tūryaiḥ)
तूर्येभिः¹ (tūryebhiḥ¹)
dative तूर्याय (tūryāya) तूर्याभ्याम् (tūryābhyām) तूर्येभ्यः (tūryebhyaḥ)
ablative तूर्यात् (tūryāt) तूर्याभ्याम् (tūryābhyām) तूर्येभ्यः (tūryebhyaḥ)
genitive तूर्यस्य (tūryasya) तूर्ययोः (tūryayoḥ) तूर्याणाम् (tūryāṇām)
locative तूर्ये (tūrye) तूर्ययोः (tūryayoḥ) तूर्येषु (tūryeṣu)
vocative तूर्य (tūrya) तूर्ये (tūrye) तूर्याणि (tūryāṇi)
तूर्या¹ (tūryā¹)
  • ¹Vedic

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) “tūrya-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 254
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) “tūryam”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 519

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