अक्रूर

See also: अँकरौरी

Malvi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अक्रूर (akrūra).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: अ‧क्रूर

Adjective

अक्रूर (akrūr)

not cruel
gentle, compassionate, kind

Further reading

डॉ॰ भगवतीलाल राजपुरोहित [Bhagwatilal Rajpurohit], डॉ॰ प्रह्लाद चन्द्र जोशी [Prahlad Chandra Joshi] (2010) “अक्रूर”, in मालवी - हिन्दी शब्दकोश [Malvi - Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), शिवाजी नगर, भोपाल [Shivaji Nagar, Bhopal]: माध्यमिक शिक्षा मण्डल परिसर [Madhyamik Shiksha Mandal Parisar], →ISBN, अ, page 13, column 2.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

অক্ৰূৰ (Assamese script)
ᬅᬓ᭄ᬭᬹᬭ (Balinese script)
অক্রূর (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰎𑰿𑰨𑰳𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀭𑀽𑀭 (Brahmi script)
အကြူရ (Burmese script)
અક્રૂર (Gujarati script)
ਅਕ੍ਰੂਰ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌕𑍍𑌰𑍂𑌰 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦏꦿꦹꦫ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂍𑂹𑂩𑂴𑂩 (Kaithi script)
ಅಕ್ರೂರ (Kannada script)
អក្រូរ (Khmer script)
ອກ຺ຣູຣ (Lao script)
അക്രൂര (Malayalam script)
ᠠᡬᡵᡠᡠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘎𑘿𑘨𑘴𑘨 (Modi script)
ᠠᢉᠷᠤᠤᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑦮𑧠𑧈𑧕𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐎𑑂𑐬𑐹𑐬 (Newa script)
ଅକ୍ରୂର (Odia script)
ꢂꢒ꣄ꢬꢹꢬ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆑𑇀𑆫𑆷𑆫 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖎𑖿𑖨𑗝𑖨 (Siddham script)
අක්‍රූර (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩜 𑪙𑩼𑩒𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚊𑚶𑚤𑚱𑚤 (Takri script)
அக்ரூர (Tamil script)
అక్రూర (Telugu script)
อกฺรูร (Thai script)
ཨ་ཀྲཱུ་ར (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒏𑓂𑒩𑒴𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨋𑩇𑨫𑨃𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From अ- (a-) +‎ क्रूर (krūra).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐk.ɾuː.ɾɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɐkˈɾuː.ɾɐ/

Adjective

अक्रूर • (akrūra) stem

not cruel, gentle

Descendants

Learned borrowings from अक्रूर (akrūra)

→ Assamese: অক্ৰূৰ (okrur) (learned)
→ Bengali: অক্রূর (okrur) (learned)
→ Gujarati: અક્રૂર (akrūr) (learned)
→ Hindi: अक्रूर (akrūr) (learned)
→ Kannada: ಅಕ್ರೂರ (akrūra) (learned)
→ Malvi: अक्रूर (akrūr) (learned)
→ Odia: ଅକ୍ରୂର (ôkrurô) (learned)

Further reading

Monier Williams (1899) “अक्रूर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 3, column 1.

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