धुर्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ধুৰ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬥᬸᬃ (Balinese script)
  • ধুর্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰠𑰲𑰨𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀥𑀼𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ဓုရ် (Burmese script)
  • ધુર્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਧੁਰ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌧𑍁𑌰𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦣꦸꦂ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂡𑂳𑂩𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಧುರ್ (Kannada script)
  • ធុរ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ຘຸຣ຺ (Lao script)
  • ധുര് (Malayalam script)
  • ᢡᡠᡵ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘠𑘳𑘨𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᢑᠾᠤᠷ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧀𑧔𑧈𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐢𑐸𑐬𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଧୁର୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢤꢸꢬ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆣𑆶𑆫𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖠𑖲𑖨𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • ධුර් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩮𑩒𑩼 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚜𑚰𑚤𑚶 (Takri script)
  • து⁴ர் (Tamil script)
  • ధుర్ (Telugu script)
  • ธุรฺ (Thai script)
  • དྷུ་ར྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒡𑒳𑒩𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨜𑨃𑨫𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

धुर् • (dhúr) stem, f

  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

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Derived terms

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “धुर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 517/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (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
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