डमरु

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɖəm.ɾuː/, [ɖɐ̃m.ɾuː]

Noun

डमरु • (ḍamru) m

1. Alternative spelling of डमरू (ḍamrū).

Declension

Declension of डमरु (masc u-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	डमरु ḍamru	डमरु ḍamru
oblique	डमरु ḍamru	डमरुओं ḍamruõ
vocative	डमरु ḍamru	डमरुओ ḍamruo

Derived terms

• डमरुमध्य (ḍamrumadhya)
  • भूडमरुमध्य (bhūḍamrumadhya)
  • जलडमरुमध्य (jalḍamrumadhya)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• डमरुक (ḍamaruka)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ডমৰু (Assamese script)
• ᬟᬫᬭᬸ (Balinese script)
• ডমরু (Bengali script)
• 𑰚𑰦𑰨𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀟𑀫𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ဍမရု (Burmese script)
• ડમરુ (Gujarati script)
• ਡਮਰੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌡𑌮𑌰𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦝꦩꦫꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂙𑂧𑂩𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಡಮರು (Kannada script)
• ឌមរុ (Khmer script)
• ຑມຣຸ (Lao script)
• ഡമരു (Malayalam script)
• ᡷᠠᠮᠠᡵᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘚𑘦𑘨𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᢎᠠᠮᠠᠷᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦺𑧆𑧈𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐜𑐩𑐬𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଡମରୁ (Odia script)
• ꢞꢪꢬꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆝𑆩𑆫𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖚𑖦𑖨𑖲 (Siddham script)
• ඩමරු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩨𑩴𑩼𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚖𑚢𑚤𑚰 (Takri script)
• ட³மரு (Tamil script)
• డమరు (Telugu script)
• ฑมรุ (Thai script)
• ཌ་མ་རུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒛𑒧𑒩𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨖𑨢𑨫𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɖɐ.mɐ.ɾu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɖɐ.mɐ.ɾu/

Noun

डमरु • (ḍamaru) stem, m

1. (music) a sacred drum, shaped like an hourglass, used by the god Shiva and by Buddhist mendicant monks for a musical accompaniment in chanting
2. surprise

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of डमरु (ḍamaru)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	डमरुः ḍamaruḥ	डमरू ḍamarū	डमरवः ḍamaravaḥ
Vocative	डमरो ḍamaro	डमरू ḍamarū	डमरवः ḍamaravaḥ
Accusative	डमरुम् ḍamarum	डमरू ḍamarū	डमरून् ḍamarūn
Instrumental	डमरुणा / डमर्वा¹ ḍamaruṇā / ḍamarvā¹	डमरुभ्याम् ḍamarubhyām	डमरुभिः ḍamarubhiḥ
Dative	डमरवे / डमर्वे¹ ḍamarave / ḍamarve¹	डमरुभ्याम् ḍamarubhyām	डमरुभ्यः ḍamarubhyaḥ
Ablative	डमरोः / डमर्वः¹ ḍamaroḥ / ḍamarvaḥ¹	डमरुभ्याम् ḍamarubhyām	डमरुभ्यः ḍamarubhyaḥ
Genitive	डमरोः / डमर्वः¹ ḍamaroḥ / ḍamarvaḥ¹	डमर्वोः ḍamarvoḥ	डमरूणाम् ḍamarūṇām
Locative	डमरौ ḍamarau	डमर्वोः ḍamarvoḥ	डमरुषु ḍamaruṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀟𑀩𑀭𑀼𑀅 (ḍabarua)
  • Northern:
    • Kumaoni: डौंर (ḍaũr), डौंरु (ḍaũru)
  • Northwestern:
    • Punjabi: ḍaurū

      Gurmukhi script: ਡੌਰੂ

      Shahmukhi script: ڈَوْرُو

  • Southern:
    • Marathi: डौर (ḍaur), डवरा (ḍavrā), डौरी (ḍaurī)
• Assamese: ডম্বৰু (domboru)
• Bengali: ডমরু (ḍomru)
• Gujarati: ડમરુ (ḍamru)
• Hindustani: ḍamrū
  • Hindi: डमरू (ḍamrū)
  • Urdu: ڈَمَرُو (ḍamarū)
• Marathi: डमरु (ḍamru)
• Nepali: डम्बरु (ḍambaru), डमरु (ḍamaru)
• Odia: ଡମ୍ବରୁ (ḍambaru), ଡମରୁ (ḍamaru)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “डमरु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 430.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ḍamaru”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press