खुर

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀔𑀼𑀭 (khura), from Sanskrit खुर (khura).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kʰʊɾ/

Noun

खुर • (khur) m (Urdu spelling کھر)

1. foot (of furniture)

   Synonym: पाई (pāī)

2. hoof

Declension

Declension of खुर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	खुर khur	खुर khur
oblique	खुर khur	खुरों khurõ
vocative	खुर khur	खुरो khuro

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “खुर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khura”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• খুৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬔᬸᬭ (Balinese script)
• খুর (Bengali script)
• 𑰏𑰲𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀔𑀼𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ခုရ (Burmese script)
• ખુર (Gujarati script)
• ਖੁਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌖𑍁𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦑꦸꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂎𑂳𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಖುರ (Kannada script)
• ខុរ (Khmer script)
• ຂຸຣ (Lao script)
• ഖുര (Malayalam script)
• ᡘᡠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘏𑘳𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠻᠤᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦯𑧔𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐏𑐸𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଖୁର (Odia script)
• ꢓꢸꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆒𑆶𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖏𑖲𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ඛුර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩝𑩒𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚋𑚰𑚤 (Takri script)
• கு²ர (Tamil script)
• ఖుర (Telugu script)
• ขุร (Thai script)
• ཁུ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒐𑒳𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨌𑨃𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, compare Tamil குரசு (kuracu, “horse's hoof”), Kui (India) କ୍ରୁସୁ (krusu, “barking deer, jungle sheep”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʰu.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰu.ɾɐ/

Noun

खुर • (khura) stem, m

1. a particular part of the foot of a bedstead
2. a sort of perfume (dried shellfish shaped like a hoof)
3. a razor
4. hoof

   Synonyms: खुरी (khurī), शफ (śapha)

   • Raghuvaṃśa, 2 2:

     तस्याः खुरन्यासपवित्रपांसुमपांसुलानां धुरि कीर्तनीया।
     मार्गं मनुष्येश्वरधर्मपत्नी श्रुतेरिवार्थं स्मृतिरन्वगच्छत्

     tasyāḥ khuranyāsapavitrapāṃsumapāṃsulānāṃ dhuri kīrtanīyā.
     mārgaṃ manuṣyeśvaradharmapatnī śruterivārthaṃ smṛtiranvagacchat

     treading behind, the king's prim wife, to be reckoned atop immaculate ladies, with dust raised by her (the cow's) hooves
     is hallowed in the path as pious people are when listening, reciting and reminiscing (religious texts)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of खुर (khura)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	खुरः khuraḥ	खुरौ / खुरा¹ khurau / khurā¹	खुराः / खुरासः¹ khurāḥ / khurāsaḥ¹
Vocative	खुर khura	खुरौ / खुरा¹ khurau / khurā¹	खुराः / खुरासः¹ khurāḥ / khurāsaḥ¹
Accusative	खुरम् khuram	खुरौ / खुरा¹ khurau / khurā¹	खुरान् khurān
Instrumental	खुरेण khureṇa	खुराभ्याम् khurābhyām	खुरैः / खुरेभिः¹ khuraiḥ / khurebhiḥ¹
Dative	खुराय khurāya	खुराभ्याम् khurābhyām	खुरेभ्यः khurebhyaḥ
Ablative	खुरात् khurāt	खुराभ्याम् khurābhyām	खुरेभ्यः khurebhyaḥ
Genitive	खुरस्य khurasya	खुरयोः khurayoḥ	खुराणाम् khurāṇām
Locative	खुरे khure	खुरयोः khurayoḥ	खुरेषु khureṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• खुरक्षेप (khurakṣepa, “a kick with a hoof”)
• खुरणस् (khuraṇas, “"having a nose like a horse's hoof", flat-nosed”)
• खुरपदवी (khurapadavī, “a horse's footmarks”)
• खुराग्र (khurāgra, “the tip of a hoof”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “खुर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 340.