पुरा
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पुरा (purā́).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
पुरा • (purā) (Urdu spelling پُرا) (rare, formal)
References edit
- 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 edit
Alternative scripts edit
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)
- ᢒᠤᠷᠠ᠋ᠠ (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 edit
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pr̥Hā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥Hā́, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂-ó, from *preh₂-.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
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 edit
References edit
- 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