कूर

See also: कर, कुरु, and -कर

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kuːɾ/
• Rhymes: -uːɾ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian کور (kūr).

Alternative forms

• कोर (kor)

Adjective

कूर • (kūr) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کور)

1. blind

Etymology 2

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀽𑀭 (kūra), from Sanskrit क्रूर (krūrá, “bloody, raw, cruel”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kruHrás, from Proto-Indo-European *kruh₂rós (“bloody”). Distant cognate to English crude.

Alternative forms

• क्रूर (krūr)

Adjective

कूर • (kūr) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کور)

1. cruel
2. harsh
3. vile
4. inauspicious
5. hurt
6. wounded

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कूर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “कूर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kūra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press