धुर्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ধুৰ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬥᬸᬃ (Balinese script)
• ধুর্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰠𑰲𑰨𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀥𑀼𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဓုရ် (Burmese script)
• ધુર્ (Gujarati script)
• ਧੁਰ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌧𑍁𑌰𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦣꦸꦂ (Javanese script)
• 𑂡𑂳𑂩𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಧುರ್ (Kannada script)
• ធុរ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຘຸຣ຺ (Lao script)
• ധുര് (Malayalam script)
• ᢡᡠᡵ (Manchu script)
• 𑘠𑘳𑘨𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠾᠤᠷ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧀𑧔𑧈𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐢𑐸𑐬𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଧୁର୍ (Odia script)
• ꢤꢸꢬ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆣𑆶𑆫𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖠𑖲𑖨𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ධුර් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩮𑩒𑩼 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚜𑚰𑚤𑚶 (Takri script)
• து⁴ர் (Tamil script)
• ధుర్ (Telugu script)
• ธุรฺ (Thai script)
• དྷུ་ར྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒡𑒳𑒩𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨜𑨃𑨫𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰurH- (“chariot pole, shaft”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰurh₁- (“id”). Cognate with Hittite [script needed] (tūrii̯a-, “to harness”), Ancient Greek θαιρός (thairós, “hinge, axle, pivot”), and perhaps Tocharian A tursko (“draught ox”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱúɾ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱuɾ/

Noun

धुर् • (dhúr) stem, f

1. a yoke
2. (figuratively) a burden or load
3. a pole or shaft of a carriage (esp. their forepart)
4. a peg, pin (cf. अक्ष (akṣa))
5. top, summit, front, place of honor

Declension

Feminine root-stem declension of धुर् (dhúr)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	धूः dhū́ḥ	धुरौ / धुरा¹ dhúrau / dhúrā¹	धुरः dhúraḥ
Vocative	धूः dhū́ḥ	धुरौ / धुरा¹ dhúrau / dhúrā¹	धुरः dhúraḥ
Accusative	धुरम् dhúram	धुरौ / धुरा¹ dhúrau / dhúrā¹	धुरः dhúraḥ
Instrumental	धुरा dhurā́	धूर्भ्याम् dhūrbhyā́m	धूर्भिः dhūrbhíḥ
Dative	धुरे dhuré	धूर्भ्याम् dhūrbhyā́m	धूर्भ्यः dhūrbhyáḥ
Ablative	धुरः dhuráḥ	धूर्भ्याम् dhūrbhyā́m	धूर्भ्यः dhūrbhyáḥ
Genitive	धुरः dhuráḥ	धुरोः dhuróḥ	धुराम् dhurā́m
Locative	धुरि dhurí	धुरोः dhuróḥ	धूर्षु dhūrṣú
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• धुर (dhúra)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “धुर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 517, column 2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 794
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 173