Kuru
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit कुरु (kuru)
Proper noun edit
Kuru
- (Hinduism, historical) an ancient kingdom, mentioned in the Mahabharata.
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
< kuru (“long, narrow strait; gorge”)
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Kuru
- A former municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland; now part of Ylöjärvi.
- A village in the municipality of Ylöjärvi.
- a Finnish surname
Declension edit
Inflection of Kuru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Kuru | Kurut | ||
genitive | Kurun | Kurujen | ||
partitive | Kurua | Kuruja | ||
illative | Kuruun | Kuruihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Kuru | Kurut | ||
accusative | nom. | Kuru | Kurut | |
gen. | Kurun | |||
genitive | Kurun | Kurujen | ||
partitive | Kurua | Kuruja | ||
inessive | Kurussa | Kuruissa | ||
elative | Kurusta | Kuruista | ||
illative | Kuruun | Kuruihin | ||
adessive | Kurulla | Kuruilla | ||
ablative | Kurulta | Kuruilta | ||
allative | Kurulle | Kuruille | ||
essive | Kuruna | Kuruina | ||
translative | Kuruksi | Kuruiksi | ||
abessive | Kurutta | Kuruitta | ||
instructive | — | Kuruin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Kuru" is Kurussa.
Derived terms edit
compounds
Statistics edit
- Kuru is the 1732nd (tied with 5 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 494 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.