अब्रू

See also: अब्र, अंबर, and अंबारी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ابرو (abrū), from Middle Persian [script needed] (blwk' /⁠brūg⁠/), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HbʰrúHs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰruH-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [əˈbɾuː]

Noun

अब्रू • (abrū) f (Urdu spelling ابرو)

1. (rare) eyebrow

   Synonyms: भौंह (bha͠uh), भृकुटी (bhŕkuṭī)

Declension

Declension of अब्रू (fem ū-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अब्रू abrū	अब्रुएँ abruẽ
oblique	अब्रू abrū	अब्रुओं abruõ
vocative	अब्रू abrū	अब्रुओ abruo

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آبرو (ābrū), shortened from آبروی (āb-i-rūy). Compare Gujarati આબરૂ (ābarū), Hindi आबरू (ābrū), Bengali আবরু (aboru), Punjabi ਆਬਰੂ (ābarū) / آبرو (ābro).

Noun

अब्रू • (abrū) f

1. honour, reputation

   Synonyms: इज्जत (ijjat), मान (mān), प्रतिष्ठा (pratiṣṭhā)

Declension

Declension of अब्रू (fem ū-stem)
direct singular	अब्रू abrū
direct plural	अब्रू abru
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	अब्रू abrū		अब्रू abru
oblique सामान्यरूप	अब्रू abru		अब्रूं- abrun-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	अब्रूला abrulā		अब्रूंना abrunnā
ergative	अब्रूने, अब्रूनं abrune, abruna		अब्रूंनी abrunnī
instrumental	अब्रूशी abruśī		अब्रूंशी abrunśī
locative सप्तमी	अब्रूत abrut		अब्रूंत abrut
vocative संबोधन	अब्रू abru		अब्रूंनो abrunno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of अब्रू (fem ū-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	अब्रूचा abruċā	अब्रूचे abruċe	अब्रूची abrucī	अब्रूच्या abrucā	अब्रूचे, अब्रूचं abruċe, abruċa	अब्रूची abrucī	अब्रूच्या abrucā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	अब्रूंचा abrunċā	अब्रूंचे abrunċe	अब्रूंची abruñcī	अब्रूंच्या abruncā	अब्रूंचे, अब्रूंचं abrunċe, abrunċa	अब्रूंची abruñcī	अब्रूंच्या abruñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• बेअब्रू (beabrū)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “अब्रू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अब्रू”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “अब्रू”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).