धुर्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ধুৰ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬥᬸᬃ (Balinese script)
• ধুর্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰠𑰲𑰨𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀥𑀼𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဓုရ် (Burmese script)
• ધુર્ (Gujarati script)
• ਧੁਰ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌧𑍁𑌰𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦣꦸꦂ (Javanese script)
• 𑂡𑂳𑂩𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಧುರ್ (Kannada script)
• ធុរ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຘຸຣ຺ (Lao script)
• ധുര് (Malayalam script)
• ᢡᡠᡵ (Manchu script)
• 𑘠𑘳𑘨𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠾᠤᠷ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧀𑧔𑧈𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐢𑐸𑐬𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଧୁର୍ (Odia script)
• ꢤꢸꢬ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆣𑆶𑆫𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖠𑖲𑖨𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ධුර් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩮𑩒𑩼 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚜𑚰𑚤𑚶 (Takri script)
• து⁴ர் (Tamil script)
• ధుర్ (Telugu script)
• ธุรฺ (Thai script)
• དྷུ་ར྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒡𑒳𑒩𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨜𑨃𑨫𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰurH- (“chariot pole, shaft”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰurh₁- (“id”). Cognate with Hittite [script needed] (tūrii̯a-, “to harness”), Ancient Greek θαιρός (thairós, “hinge, axle, pivot”), and perhaps Tocharian A tursko (“draught ox”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱúɾ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱuɾ/

Noun

धुर् • (dhúr) stem, f

1. a yoke
2. (figuratively) a burden or load
3. a pole or shaft of a carriage (esp. their forepart)
4. a peg, pin (cf. अक्ष (akṣa))
5. top, summit, front, place of honor

Declension

Feminine root-stem declension of धुर्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	धूः (dhū́ḥ)	धुरौ (dhúrau) धुरा¹ (dhúrā¹)	धुरः (dhúraḥ)
vocative	धूः (dhū́ḥ)	धुरौ (dhúrau) धुरा¹ (dhúrā¹)	धुरः (dhúraḥ)
accusative	धुरम् (dhúram)	धुरौ (dhúrau) धुरा¹ (dhúrā¹)	धुरः (dhúraḥ)
instrumental	धुरा (dhurā́)	धूर्भ्याम् (dhūrbhyā́m)	धूर्भिः (dhūrbhíḥ)
dative	धुरे (dhuré)	धूर्भ्याम् (dhūrbhyā́m)	धूर्भ्यः (dhūrbhyáḥ)
ablative	धुरः (dhuráḥ)	धूर्भ्याम् (dhūrbhyā́m)	धूर्भ्यः (dhūrbhyáḥ)
genitive	धुरः (dhuráḥ)	धुरोः (dhuróḥ)	धुराम् (dhurā́m)
locative	धुरि (dhurí)	धुरोः (dhuróḥ)	धूर्षु (dhūrṣú)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• धुर (dhúra)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “धुर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 517, column 2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 794
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 173