Kuru
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit कुरु (kuru).
Proper noun
Kuru
- (Hinduism, historical) an ancient kingdom, mentioned in the Mahabharata.
Finnish
Etymology
< kuru (“long, narrow strait; gorge”)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kuru
- A former municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland; now part of Ylöjärvi.
- A village in the municipality of Ylöjärvi.
- a Finnish surname
Declension
| Inflection of Kuru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Kuru | Kurut | |
| genitive | Kurun | Kurujen | |
| partitive | Kurua | Kuruja | |
| illative | Kuruun | Kuruihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Kuru | Kurut | |
| accusative | nom. | Kuru | Kurut |
| gen. | Kurun | ||
| genitive | Kurun | Kurujen | |
| partitive | Kurua | Kuruja | |
| inessive | Kurussa | Kuruissa | |
| elative | Kurusta | Kuruista | |
| illative | Kuruun | Kuruihin | |
| adessive | Kurulla | Kuruilla | |
| ablative | Kurulta | Kuruilta | |
| allative | Kurulle | Kuruille | |
| essive | Kuruna | Kuruina | |
| translative | Kuruksi | Kuruiksi | |
| abessive | Kurutta | Kuruitta | |
| instructive | — | Kuruin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Kuru" is Kurussa.
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Statistics
- Kuru is the 1732nd (tied with 5 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 494 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.