ऊरु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঊৰু (Assamese script)
• ᬊᬭᬸ (Balinese script)
• ঊরু (Bengali script)
• 𑰅𑰨𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀊𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ဦရု (Burmese script)
• ઊરુ (Gujarati script)
• ਊਰੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌊𑌰𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦈꦴꦫꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂈𑂩𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಊರು (Kannada script)
• ឩរុ (Khmer script)
• ອູຣຸ (Lao script)
• ഊരു (Malayalam script)
• ᡠᡠᡵᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘅𑘨𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠤᠤᠷᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦥𑧈𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐅𑐬𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଊରୁ (Odia script)
• ꢇꢬꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆈𑆫𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖅𑖨𑖲 (Siddham script)
• ඌරු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩒𑩛𑩼𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚅𑚤𑚰 (Takri script)
• ஊரு (Tamil script)
• ఊరు (Telugu script)
• อูรุ (Thai script)
• ཨཱུ་རུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒆𑒩𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨃𑨊𑨫𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *uHrúš.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /uː.ɾú/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈuː.ɾu/

Noun

ऊरु • (ūrú) stem, m

1. thigh
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.90.12:

     ब्रा॒ह्म॒णो॑ऽस्य॒ मुख॑मासीद्बा॒हू रा॑ज॒न्य॑: कृ॒तः।
     ऊ॒रू तद॑स्य॒ यद्वैश्य॑: प॒द्भ्यां शू॒द्रो अ॑जायत॥

     brāhmaṇòʼsya múkhamāsīdbāhū́ rājanyà: kṛtáḥ.
     ūrū́ tádasya yádvaíśya: padbhyā́ṃ śūdró ajāyata.

     The Brāhmaṇa was his mouth, of both his arms was the Rājanya made.
     His thighs became the Vaiśya, from his feet the Śudra was produced.

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of ऊरु (ūrú)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ऊरुः ūrúḥ	ऊरू ūrū́	ऊरवः ūrávaḥ
Vocative	ऊरो ū́ro	ऊरू ū́rū	ऊरवः ū́ravaḥ
Accusative	ऊरुम् ūrúm	ऊरू ūrū́	ऊरून् ūrū́n
Instrumental	ऊरुणा / ऊर्वा¹ ūrúṇā / ūrvā́¹	ऊरुभ्याम् ūrúbhyām	ऊरुभिः ūrúbhiḥ
Dative	ऊरवे / ऊर्वे¹ ūráve / ūrvé¹	ऊरुभ्याम् ūrúbhyām	ऊरुभ्यः ūrúbhyaḥ
Ablative	ऊरोः / ऊर्वः¹ ūróḥ / ūrváḥ¹	ऊरुभ्याम् ūrúbhyām	ऊरुभ्यः ūrúbhyaḥ
Genitive	ऊरोः / ऊर्वः¹ ūróḥ / ūrváḥ¹	ऊर्वोः ūrvóḥ	ऊरूणाम् ūrūṇā́m
Locative	ऊरौ ūraú	ऊर्वोः ūrvóḥ	ऊरुषु ūrúṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• औरव (aurava)

Descendants

• Pali: ūru
• Prakrit: 𑀊𑀭𑀼 (ūru)
  • Assamese: ঊৰত (urot)
  • Bengali: ঊরূ (uru), ঊরু (uru)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: އުރު (uru)
      • Sinhalese: උරුව (uruwa)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “uru”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 114