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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কুৰু (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬸᬭᬸ (Balinese script)
- কুরু (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰲𑰨𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀼𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ကုရု (Burmese script)
- કુરુ (Gujarati script)
- ਕੁਰੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑍁𑌰𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦸꦫꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂳𑂩𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಕುರು (Kannada script)
- កុរុ (Khmer script)
- ກຸຣຸ (Lao script)
- കുരു (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᡠᡵᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘳𑘨𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠤᠷᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧔𑧈𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐸𑐬𑐸 (Newa script)
- କୁରୁ (Odia script)
- ꢒꢸꢬꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆶𑆫𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖲𑖨𑖲 (Siddham script)
- කුරු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩒𑩼𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚰𑚤𑚰 (Takri script)
- குரு (Tamil script)
- కురు (Telugu script)
- กุรุ (Thai script)
- ཀུ་རུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒳𑒩𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨃𑨫𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root कृ (kṛ, “to do, make”).
Pronunciation
Noun
कुरु • (kurú) stem, m
- (in the plural) name of an Indian tribe and of their kingdom.
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 10.32.9:
- ए॒तानि॑ भ॒द्रा क॑लश क्रियाम॒ कुरु॑श्रवण॒ दद॑तो म॒घानि॑।
दा॒न इद्वो॑ मघवान॒: सो अ॑स्त्व॒यं च॒ सोमो॑ हृ॒दि यं बिभ॑र्मि॥- etā́ni bhadrā́ kalaśa kriyāma kúruśravaṇa dádato maghā́ni.
dāná ídvo maghavāna: só astvayáṃ ca sómo hṛdí yáṃ bíbharmi. - (Indra), the possessor of the pitchers, the bearer of the praise of the Kurus, let us celebrate these auspicious adorations of you, the giver of riches; may he, (Indra), be the donor (of affluence) to you who are opulent, (in pious offering), and (so may) this Soma which I cherish in my heart.
- (Hinduism) Kuru, ancestor of both the Pandavas and the Kauravas in the Mahabharata.
Declension
Verb
कुरु • (kurú)
- second-person singular imperative of करोति (karóti, “to do, make”)
Descendants
References
- Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899