खुर

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀔𑀼𑀭 (khura), from Sanskrit खुर (khura).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kʰʊɾ/

Noun

खुर • (khur) m (Urdu spelling کھر)

1. foot (of furniture)

   Synonym: पाई (pāī)

2. hoof

Declension

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “खुर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khura”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, compare Tamil குரசு (kuracu, “horse's hoof”), Kui (India) କ୍ରୁସୁ (krusu, “barking deer, jungle sheep”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʰu.ɾɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰu.ɾɐ/

Noun

खुर • (khura) stem, m

1. a particular part of the foot of a bedstead
2. a sort of perfume (dried shellfish shaped like a hoof)
3. a razor
4. hoof

   Synonyms: खुरी (khurī), शफ (śapha)

   • Raghuvaṃśa, 2 2:

     तस्याः खुरन्यासपवित्रपांसुमपांसुलानां धुरि कीर्तनीया।
     मार्गं मनुष्येश्वरधर्मपत्नी श्रुतेरिवार्थं स्मृतिरन्वगच्छत्

     tasyāḥ khuranyāsapavitrapāṃsumapāṃsulānāṃ dhuri kīrtanīyā.
     mārgaṃ manuṣyeśvaradharmapatnī śruterivārthaṃ smṛtiranvagacchat

     treading behind, the king's prim wife, to be reckoned atop immaculate ladies, with dust raised by her (the cow's) hooves
     is hallowed in the path as pious people are when listening, reciting and reminiscing (religious texts)

Declension

Derived terms

• खुरक्षेप (khurakṣepa, “a kick with a hoof”)
• खुरणस् (khuraṇas, “"having a nose like a horse's hoof", flat-nosed”)
• खुरपदवी (khurapadavī, “a horse's footmarks”)
• खुराग्र (khurāgra, “the tip of a hoof”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “खुर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 340.