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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)pĺ̥H (“city, fortress, stronghold”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πτόλις (ptólis), πόλις (pólis), Lithuanian pilis, Latvian pils.
Pronunciation
Noun
पुर् • (púr) stem, f
- stronghold, fortress
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 7.95.1:
- प्र क्षोदसा धायसा सस्र एषा सरस्वती धरुणमायसी पूः।
- pra kṣodasā dhāyasā sasra eṣā sarasvatī dharuṇamāyasī pūḥ.
- THIS stream Sarasvatī with fostering current comes forth, our sure defence, our fort of iron.
- city, town
- rampart, wall
- castle
Declension
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “पुर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 635/2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 145