डमरु

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɖəm.ɾuː/, [ɖɐ̃m.ɾuː]

Noun

डमरु • (ḍamru) m

1. Alternative spelling of डमरू (ḍamrū).

Declension

Declension of डमरु (masc u-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	डमरु ḍamru	डमरु ḍamru
oblique	डमरु ḍamru	डमरुओं ḍamruõ
vocative	डमरु ḍamru	डमरुओ ḍamruo

Derived terms

• डमरुमध्य (ḍamrumadhya)
  • भूडमरुमध्य (bhūḍamrumadhya)
  • जलडमरुमध्य (jalḍamrumadhya)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• डमरुक (ḍamaruka)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ডমৰু (Assamese script)
• ᬟᬫᬭᬸ (Balinese script)
• ডমরু (Bengali script)
• 𑰚𑰦𑰨𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀟𑀫𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ဍမရု (Burmese script)
• ડમરુ (Gujarati script)
• ਡਮਰੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌡𑌮𑌰𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦝꦩꦫꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂙𑂧𑂩𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಡಮರು (Kannada script)
• ឌមរុ (Khmer script)
• ຑມຣຸ (Lao script)
• ഡമരു (Malayalam script)
• ᡷᠠᠮᠠᡵᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘚𑘦𑘨𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᢎᠠᠮᠠᠷᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦺𑧆𑧈𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐜𑐩𑐬𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଡମରୁ (Odia script)
• ꢞꢪꢬꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆝𑆩𑆫𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖚𑖦𑖨𑖲 (Siddham script)
• ඩමරු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩨𑩴𑩼𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚖𑚢𑚤𑚰 (Takri script)
• ட³மரு (Tamil script)
• డమరు (Telugu script)
• ฑมรุ (Thai script)
• ཌ་མ་རུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒛𑒧𑒩𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨖𑨢𑨫𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɖɐ.mɐ.ɾu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɖɐ.mɐ.ɾu/

Noun

डमरु • (ḍamaru) stem, m

1. (music) a sacred drum, shaped like an hourglass, used by the god Shiva and by Buddhist mendicant monks for a musical accompaniment in chanting
2. surprise

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of डमरु

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	डमरुः (ḍamaruḥ)	डमरू (ḍamarū)	डमरवः (ḍamaravaḥ)
vocative	डमरो (ḍamaro)	डमरू (ḍamarū)	डमरवः (ḍamaravaḥ)
accusative	डमरुम् (ḍamarum)	डमरू (ḍamarū)	डमरून् (ḍamarūn)
instrumental	डमरुणा (ḍamaruṇā) डमर्वा¹ (ḍamarvā¹)	डमरुभ्याम् (ḍamarubhyām)	डमरुभिः (ḍamarubhiḥ)
dative	डमरवे (ḍamarave) डमर्वे¹ (ḍamarve¹)	डमरुभ्याम् (ḍamarubhyām)	डमरुभ्यः (ḍamarubhyaḥ)
ablative	डमरोः (ḍamaroḥ) डमर्वः¹ (ḍamarvaḥ¹)	डमरुभ्याम् (ḍamarubhyām)	डमरुभ्यः (ḍamarubhyaḥ)
genitive	डमरोः (ḍamaroḥ) डमर्वः¹ (ḍamarvaḥ¹)	डमर्वोः (ḍamarvoḥ)	डमरूणाम् (ḍamarūṇām)
locative	डमरौ (ḍamarau)	डमर्वोः (ḍamarvoḥ)	डमरुषु (ḍamaruṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀟𑀩𑀭𑀼𑀅 (ḍabarua)
  • Northern:
    • Kumaoni: डौंर (ḍaũr), डौंरु (ḍaũru)
  • Northwestern:
    • Punjabi: ḍaurū

      Gurmukhi script: ਡੌਰੂ

      Shahmukhi script: ڈَوْرُو

  • Southern:
    • Marathi: डौर (ḍaur), डवरा (ḍavrā), डौरी (ḍaurī)
• Assamese: ডম্বৰু (domboru)
• Bengali: ডমরু (ḍomru)
• Gujarati: ડમરુ (ḍamru)
• Hindustani: ḍamrū
  • Hindi: डमरू (ḍamrū)
  • Urdu: ڈَمَرُو (ḍamarū)
• Marathi: डमरु (ḍamru)
• Nepali: डम्बरु (ḍambaru), डमरु (ḍamaru)
• Odia: ଡମ୍ବରୁ (ḍambaru), ଡମରୁ (ḍamaru)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “डमरु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 430.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ḍamaru”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press