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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 1
Possibly related to Old Persian 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 (ku-u-ru-u-š /Kuruš/).
Pronunciation
Noun
कुरु • (kúru) stem, m
- (in the plural) name of an Indian tribe and of their kingdom
c. 400 BCE,
Mahābhārata 1.56.1:
- कथितं वै समासेन त्वया सर्वं द्विजोत्तम ।
महाभारतमाख्यानं कुरूणां चरितं महत् ॥- kathitaṃ vai samāsena tvayā sarvaṃ dvijottama.
mahābhāratamākhyānaṃ kurūṇāṃ caritaṃ mahat.
- 2009 translation by John D. Smith
- Best of Brahmins, you have told me in short form the whole Mahābhārata narrative, the great tale of the Kurus.
- (Hinduism) Kuru, ancestor of both the Pandavas and the Kauravas in the Mahabharata
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “कुरु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 294, column 1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “kúru-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 371
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
कुरु • (kurú)
- second-person singular imperative active of करोति (karóti, “to do, make”)