पुरा

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पुरा (purā́).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pʊ.ɾɑː/, [pʊ.ɾäː]

Adverb

पुरा • (purā) (Urdu spelling پُرا) (rare, formal)

from the old, formerly
till now

References

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “पुरा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पुरा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

পুৰা (Assamese script)
ᬧᬸᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
পুরা (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰲𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
ပုရာ (Burmese script)
પુરા (Gujarati script)
ਪੁਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑍁𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦸꦫꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂳𑂩𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ಪುರಾ (Kannada script)
បុរា (Khmer script)
ປຸຣາ (Lao script)
പുരാ (Malayalam script)
ᢒᡠᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘳𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
ᢒᠤᠷᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧔𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑐸𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
ପୁରା (Odia script)
ꢦꢸꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑆶𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖲𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
පුරා (Sinhalese script)
𑩰𑩒𑩼𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚰𑚤𑚭 (Takri script)
புரா (Tamil script)
పురా (Telugu script)
ปุรา (Thai script)
པུ་རཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑒳𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑨃𑨫𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pr̥Hā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥Hā́, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂-ó, from *preh₂-.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pu.ɾɑ́ː/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ɾɑː/

Adverb

पुरा • (purā)

before, formerly, of old
in a previous existence
from of old, hitherto, up to the present time
at first, in the beginning

Descendants

Dardic:
- Kashmiri: برُںہ (brũh)
Pali: pure, purā
Prakrit: 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑁄 (puro)
- Southern:
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Dhivehi: ފުރަ (fura), ޕޫރުބެ (pūrube), ޕުރެ (pure)
    - Sinhalese: පෙර (pera)
- Western:
  - Takka Apabhramsa:
    - Punjabi:
      - Lahnda: پُرے (pure)
→ Hindi: पुरा (purā)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “पुरा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 634.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pura”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 469

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