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): /uː.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

	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 (ūrúṇā) ऊर्वा¹ (ūrvā́¹)	ऊरुभ्याम् (ūrúbhyām)	ऊरुभिः (ūrúbhiḥ)
dative	ऊरवे (ūráve) ऊर्वे¹ (ūrvé¹)	ऊरुभ्याम् (ūrúbhyām)	ऊरुभ्यः (ūrúbhyaḥ)
ablative	ऊरोः (ūróḥ) ऊर्वः¹ (ūrváḥ¹)	ऊरुभ्याम् (ūrúbhyām)	ऊरुभ्यः (ūrúbhyaḥ)
genitive	ऊरोः (ūróḥ) ऊर्वः¹ (ūrváḥ¹)	ऊर्वोः (ūrvóḥ)	ऊरूणाम् (ūrūṇā́m)
locative	ऊरौ (ūraú)	ऊर्वोः (ūrvóḥ)	ऊरुषु (ūrúṣu)

• 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