चरु

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćarúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čarúš, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷerús (“pot, cauldron”). Cognate with Old English hwer, Old Norse hverr, Old Irish coire (“kettle, cauldron”), Middle Welsh peir, Russian ча́ра (čára).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

चरु • (carú) stem, m

1. pot
2. saucepan

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of चरु

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	चरुः (carúḥ)	चरू (carū́)	चरवः (carávaḥ)
vocative	चरो (cáro)	चरू (cárū)	चरवः (cáravaḥ)
accusative	चरुम् (carúm)	चरू (carū́)	चरून् (carū́n)
instrumental	चरुणा (carúṇā) चर्वा¹ (carvā́¹)	चरुभ्याम् (carúbhyām)	चरुभिः (carúbhiḥ)
dative	चरवे (caráve) चर्वे¹ (carvé¹)	चरुभ्याम् (carúbhyām)	चरुभ्यः (carúbhyaḥ)
ablative	चरोः (caróḥ) चर्वः¹ (carváḥ¹)	चरुभ्याम् (carúbhyām)	चरुभ्यः (carúbhyaḥ)
genitive	चरोः (caróḥ) चर्वः¹ (carváḥ¹)	चर्वोः (carvóḥ)	चरूणाम् (carūṇā́m)
locative	चरौ (caraú)	चर्वोः (carvóḥ)	चरुषु (carúṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀘𑀭𑀼 (caru)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Hindustani: carū, caruā, caruī
        • Hindi: चरू, चरुआ, चरुई
        • Urdu: چَرُو (carū), چَرُءَا, چَرُءِی (caru'ī)
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: চৰু (soru), চৰিয়া (soria)
      • Bihari: चरुआ (caruā), चरुई (caruī)
  • Northwestern:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Lahnda: چروی (carvī)
      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi: carū

          Arabic script: چَرُو

          Devanagari script: चरू

          • Kachchi: ચરૂઓ (carūo)
  • Southern:
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Marathi: चर्वी (ċarvī)
  • Western:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Gujarati: ચરુ (caru), ચર્વી (carvī), ચરુડી (caruḍī)
• → Malayalam: ചരുവം (caruvaṁ)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “caru”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 254