पुर्

See also: पर, पुर, पुरु, पूर, पेरू, and पैर

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • পুৰ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬧᬸᬃ (Balinese script)
  • পুর্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰢𑰲𑰨𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ပုရ် (Burmese script)
  • પુર્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਪੁਰ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦥꦸꦂ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂣𑂳𑂩𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಪುರ್ (Kannada script)
  • បុរ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ປຸຣ຺ (Lao script)
  • പുര് (Malayalam script)
  • ᢒᡠᡵ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘢𑘳𑘨𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᢒᠤᠷ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧂𑧔𑧈𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐥𑐸𑐬𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ପୁର୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢦꢸꢬ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆥𑆶𑆫𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖢𑖲𑖨𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • පුර් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩰𑩒𑩼 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚞𑚰𑚤𑚶 (Takri script)
  • புர் (Tamil script)
  • పుర్ (Telugu script)
  • ปุรฺ (Thai script)
  • པུ་ར྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒣𑒳𑒩𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨞𑨃𑨫𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(t)pĺ̥Hs (“city, fortress, stronghold”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πτόλις (ptólis), πόλις (pólis), Lithuanian pilis, Latvian pils.

Pronunciation

Noun

पुर् • (púr) stem, f

  1. stronghold, fortress
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.95.1:
      प्र क्षोद॑सा॒ धाय॑सा सस्र ए॒षा सर॑स्वती ध॒रुण॒माय॑सी॒ पूः ।
      prá kṣódasā dhā́yasā sasra eṣā́ sárasvatī dharúṇamā́yasī pū́ḥ.
      This stream Sarasvatī with fostering current comes forth, our sure defence, our fort of iron.
  2. city, town
  3. rampart, wall
  4. castle

Declension

Feminine root-stem declension of पुर्
singular dual plural
nominative पूः (pū́ḥ) पुरौ (púrau)
पुरा¹ (púrā¹) 		पुरः (púraḥ)
accusative पुरम् (púram) पुरौ (púrau)
पुरा¹ (púrā¹) 		पुरः (púraḥ)
instrumental पुरा (purā́) पूर्भ्याम् (pūrbhyā́m) पूर्भिः (pūrbhíḥ)
dative पुरे (puré) पूर्भ्याम् (pūrbhyā́m) पूर्भ्यः (pūrbhyáḥ)
ablative पुरः (puráḥ) पूर्भ्याम् (pūrbhyā́m) पूर्भ्यः (pūrbhyáḥ)
genitive पुरः (puráḥ) पुरोः (puróḥ) पुराम् (purā́m)
locative पुरि (purí) पुरोः (puróḥ) पूर्षु (pūrṣú)
vocative पूः (pū́ḥ) पुरौ (púrau)
पुरा¹ (púrā¹) 		पुरः (púraḥ)
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “पुर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 635, column 2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 145
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