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अगरु

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dravidian language, compare Tamil அகில் (akil, eagle-wood).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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अगरु (agaru) stemm

  1. agarwood

Declension

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Masculine u-stem declension of अगरु
singular dual plural
nominative अगरुः (agaruḥ) अगरू (agarū) अगरवः (agaravaḥ)
vocative अगरो (agaro) अगरू (agarū) अगरवः (agaravaḥ)
accusative अगरुम् (agarum) अगरू (agarū) अगरून् (agarūn)
instrumental अगरुणा (agaruṇā)
अगर्वा¹ (agarvā¹)
अगरुभ्याम् (agarubhyām) अगरुभिः (agarubhiḥ)
dative अगरवे (agarave)
अगर्वे¹ (agarve¹)
अगरुभ्याम् (agarubhyām) अगरुभ्यः (agarubhyaḥ)
ablative अगरोः (agaroḥ)
अगर्वः¹ (agarvaḥ¹)
अगरुभ्याम् (agarubhyām) अगरुभ्यः (agarubhyaḥ)
genitive अगरोः (agaroḥ)
अगर्वः¹ (agarvaḥ¹)
अगर्वोः (agarvoḥ) अगरूणाम् (agarūṇām)
locative अगरौ (agarau) अगर्वोः (agarvoḥ) अगरुषु (agaruṣu)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

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  • Tocharian B: akaru (aloe)
  • Tocharian B: okaro (agarwood) (possibly)

References

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  1. ^ Shulman, David (2016) Tamil: A biography, Harvard University Press, pages 19-20:
    We have ahalim [in Hebrew], probably derived directly from Tamil akil rather than from Sanskrit aguru, itself a loan from the Tamil (Numbers 24.8; Proverbs 7.17; Song of Songs 4.14; Psalms 45.9--the latter two instances with the feminine plural form ahalot. Akil is, we think, native to South India, and it is thus not surprising that the word was borrowed by cultures that imported this plant.
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “agaru”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press