धुर्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰurH- (chariot pole, shaft), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰurh₁- (id). Cognate with Hittite (tūrii̯a-, to harness), Ancient Greek θαιρός (thairós, hinge, axle, pivot), and perhaps Tocharian A tursko (draught ox).

Pronunciation

Noun

धुर् (dhúr) stemf

  1. a yoke
  2. (figuratively) a burden or load
  3. a pole or shaft of a carriage (esp. their forepart)
  4. a peg, pin (cf. अक्ष (akṣa))
  5. top, summit, front, place of honor

Declension

Feminine root-stem declension of धुर् (dhúr)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative धूः
dhū́ḥ
धुरौ / धुरा¹
dhúrau / dhúrā¹
धुरः
dhúraḥ
Vocative धूः
dhū́ḥ
धुरौ / धुरा¹
dhúrau / dhúrā¹
धुरः
dhúraḥ
Accusative धुरम्
dhúram
धुरौ / धुरा¹
dhúrau / 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
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

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 (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