धुर्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ধুৰ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬥᬸᬃ (Balinese script)
- ধুর্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰠𑰲𑰨𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀥𑀼𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဓုရ် (Burmese script)
- ધુર્ (Gujarati script)
- ਧੁਰ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌧𑍁𑌰𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦣꦸꦂ (Javanese script)
- 𑂡𑂳𑂩𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಧುರ್ (Kannada script)
- ធុរ៑ (Khmer script)
- ຘຸຣ຺ (Lao script)
- ധുര് (Malayalam script)
- ᢡᡠᡵ (Manchu script)
- 𑘠𑘳𑘨𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠾᠤᠷ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧀𑧔𑧈𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐢𑐸𑐬𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଧୁର୍ (Odia script)
- ꢤꢸꢬ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆣𑆶𑆫𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖠𑖲𑖨𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ධුර් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩮𑩒𑩼 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚜𑚰𑚤𑚶 (Takri script)
- து⁴ர் (Tamil script)
- ధుర్ (Telugu script)
- ธุรฺ (Thai script)
- དྷུ་ར྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒡𑒳𑒩𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨜𑨃𑨫𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰurH- (“chariot pole, shaft”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰurh₁- (“id”). Cognate with Hittite [script needed] (tūrii̯a-, “to harness”), Ancient Greek θαιρός (thairós, “hinge, axle, pivot”), and perhaps Tocharian A tursko (“draught ox”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /dʱúɾ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d̪ʱuɾ/
Noun
धुर् • (dhúr) stem, f
- a yoke
- (figuratively) a burden or load
- a pole or shaft of a carriage (esp. their forepart)
- a peg, pin (cf. अक्ष (akṣa))
- top, summit, front, place of honor
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | धूः (dhū́ḥ) | धुरौ (dhúrau) धुरा¹ (dhúrā¹) |
धुरः (dhúraḥ) |
| accusative | धुरम् (dhúram) | धुरौ (dhúrau) धुरा¹ (dhúrā¹) |
धुरः (dhúraḥ) |
| instrumental | धुरा (dhurā́) | धूर्भ्याम् (dhūrbhyā́m) | धूर्भिः (dhūrbhíḥ) |
| dative | धुरे (dhuré) | धूर्भ्याम् (dhūrbhyā́m) | धूर्भ्यः (dhūrbhyáḥ) |
| ablative | धुरः (dhuráḥ) | धूर्भ्याम् (dhūrbhyā́m) | धूर्भ्यः (dhūrbhyáḥ) |
| genitive | धुरः (dhuráḥ) | धुरोः (dhuróḥ) | धुराम् (dhurā́m) |
| locative | धुरि (dhurí) | धुरोः (dhuróḥ) | धूर्षु (dhūrṣú) |
| vocative | धूः (dhū́ḥ) | धुरौ (dhúrau) धुरा¹ (dhúrā¹) |
धुरः (dhúraḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- धुर (dhúra)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “धुर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 517, column 2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 794
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 173