क्षुर

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ক্ষুৰ (Assamese script)
  • ᬓ᭄ᬱᬸᬭ (Balinese script)
  • ক্ষুর (Bengali script)
  • 𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰲𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀼𑀭 (Brahmi script)
  • က္ၑုရ (Burmese script)
  • ક્ષુર (Gujarati script)
  • ਕ੍ਸ਼ੁਰ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁𑌰 (Grantha script)
  • ꦏ꧀ꦰꦸꦫ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂳𑂩 (Kaithi script)
  • ಕ್ಷುರ (Kannada script)
  • ក្ឞុរ (Khmer script)
  • ກ຺ຩຸຣ (Lao script)
  • ക്ഷുര (Malayalam script)
  • ᡬᢢᡠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘳𑘨 (Modi script)
  • ᢉᢔᠤᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧔𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐸𑐬 (Newa script)
  • କ୍ଷୁର (Odia script)
  • ꢒ꣄ꢰꢸꢬ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆶𑆫 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖲𑖨 (Siddham script)
  • ක්‍ෂුර (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩒𑩼 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚊𑚶𑚰𑚤 (Takri script)
  • க்ஷுர (Tamil script)
  • క్షుర (Telugu script)
  • กฺษุร (Thai script)
  • ཀྵུ་ར (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒳𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨃𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšurás (“razor, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *ksu-ró-s (“razor”), from *ksew- (“to scrape, shave”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ξῠρόν (xurón, “razor”).

Pronunciation

Noun

क्षुर • (kṣurá) stem, m

  1. a razor
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.4.14:
      सं नः शिशीहि भुरिजोरिव क्षुरं रास्व रायो विमोचन ।
      saṃ naḥ śiśīhi bhurijoriva kṣuraṃ rāsva rāyo vimocana.
      Sharpen us like a razor in the barber's hands: send riches thou who settest free.
  2. a razor-like barb or a sharp blade attached to an arrow

Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of क्षुर (kṣurá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative क्षुरः
kṣuráḥ		 क्षुरौ / क्षुरा¹
kṣuraú / kṣurā́¹		 क्षुराः / क्षुरासः¹
kṣurā́ḥ / kṣurā́saḥ¹
Vocative क्षुर
kṣúra		 क्षुरौ / क्षुरा¹
kṣúrau / kṣúrā¹		 क्षुराः / क्षुरासः¹
kṣúrāḥ / kṣúrāsaḥ¹
Accusative क्षुरम्
kṣurám		 क्षुरौ / क्षुरा¹
kṣuraú / kṣurā́¹		 क्षुरान्
kṣurā́n
Instrumental क्षुरेण
kṣuréṇa		 क्षुराभ्याम्
kṣurā́bhyām		 क्षुरैः / क्षुरेभिः¹
kṣuraíḥ / kṣurébhiḥ¹
Dative क्षुराय
kṣurā́ya		 क्षुराभ्याम्
kṣurā́bhyām		 क्षुरेभ्यः
kṣurébhyaḥ
Ablative क्षुरात्
kṣurā́t		 क्षुराभ्याम्
kṣurā́bhyām		 क्षुरेभ्यः
kṣurébhyaḥ
Genitive क्षुरस्य
kṣurásya		 क्षुरयोः
kṣuráyoḥ		 क्षुराणाम्
kṣurā́ṇām
Locative क्षुरे
kṣuré		 क्षुरयोः
kṣuráyoḥ		 क्षुरेषु
kṣuréṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants
  • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀙𑀼𑀭 (chura), 𑀙𑀼𑀭𑀻 (churī)
    • Awadhi: छूरा (chūrā)
  • Dardic:
    • Dameli: [script needed] (c̣huri)
    • Domaaki: [script needed] (čuri)
    • Kalami: [script needed] (c̣hur)
    • Kalasha: [script needed] (c̣hūři)
    • Kashmiri: [script needed] (khūru)
    • Phalura: [script needed] (c̣hūr)
    • Shina: [script needed] (c̣ūr)
    • Torwali: [script needed] (c̣hū)
  • Helu Prakrit:
    • Sinhalese: සිරිය (siriya)
  • Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀙𑀼𑀭 (chura), 𑀙𑀼𑀭𑀻 (churī)
    • Assamese: ছুৰী (suri)
    • Bengali: ছুরি (churi)
    • Bihari: छूरा (chūrā)
      • Maithili: छूरा (chūrā), छूरी (chūrī)
      • Bhojpuri: छूरा (chūrā)
    • Odia: ଛୁରା (chura), ଛୁରୀ (churi)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀙𑀼𑀭 (chura), 𑀙𑀼𑀭𑀻 (churī)
  • Pali: khura
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀙𑀼𑀭 (chura), 𑀙𑀼𑀭𑀻 (churī)
  • → Telugu: క్షురము (kṣuramu)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “क्षुर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 331/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 435-6
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kṣurá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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