धूसर

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit धूसर (dhūsara), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱuː.səɾ/, [d̪ʱuː.sɐɾ]

Adjective

धूसर • (dhūsar) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling دھوسر)

1. grey (of a color between black and white)

Noun

धूसर • (dhūsar) m (Urdu spelling دھوسر)

1. the color grey

Declension

Declension of धूसर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	धूसर dhūsar	धूसर dhūsar
oblique	धूसर dhūsar	धूसरों dhūsarõ
vocative	धूसर dhūsar	धूसरो dhūsaro

See also

Colors in Hindi · रंग (raṅg) (layout · text)

सफ़ेद (safed), श्वेत (śvet), ऊजर (ūjar)	धूसर (dhūsar), छाई (chāī)	काला (kālā), कृष्ण (kŕṣṇa), श्याम (śyām)
लाल (lāl), लोहित (lohit), सुर्ख़ (surx), राता (rātā); गहरा लाल (gahrā lāl), क़िरमिज़ी (qirmizī)	नारंगी (nāraṅgī), माल्टा (mālṭā); भूरा (bhūrā), पिङ्गल (piṅgal)	पीला (pīlā), पियर (piyar), पीत (pīt); मलाई (malāī)
नींबू (nīmbū), सुगा पंछी (sugā pañchī)	हरा (harā), हरित (harit)
फ़िरोज़ा (firozā)	आकाशी (ākāśī), आसमानी (āsmānī)	नीला (nīlā), नील (nīl)
जामुनी (jāmunī); नील (nīl)	रानी (rānī); बैंगनी (baiṅgnī), जामुनी (jāmunī)	गुलाबी (gulābī), पाटल (pāṭal)

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit धूसर (dhūsara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ʱu.səɾ/

Adjective

धूसर • (dhūsar)

1. grey (colour)

References

• Berntsen Date, Molesworth, Tulpule/Feldhaus Vaze (2022) “धूसर”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Marathi Dictionaries]

Sanskrit

Etymology

धूस् (dhūs) +‎ अर (ara).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱuː.sɐ.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ʱuː.s̪ɐ.ɾɐ/

Adjective

धूसर • (dhūsara) stem (root ध्वस्)

1. grey (colour)

Derived terms

• धूसरक (dhūsaraka)
• धूसरत्व (dhūsaratva)

 

Descendants

• Pali: dhūsara
• Prakrit: 𑀥𑀽𑀲𑀭 (dhūsara)
  • Northern:
    • Kumaoni: धुस्रो (dhusro), धुसेरो (dhusero)
    • Nepali: धुस्रो (dhusro)
  • Eastern:
    • Assamese: দুহৰ (duhor)
    • ⇒ Odia: ଧୂସୁରିବା (dhusuribā)

Borrowed terms

• → Assamese: ধূসৰ (dhuxor) (learned)
• → Bengali: ধূসর (dhuśor) (learned)
• → Gujarati: ધૂસર (dhūsar) (learned)
• → Hindustani: dhūsar
  • Hindi: धूसर
  • Urdu: دھُوسَر
• → Marathi: धूसर (dhūsar) (learned)
• → Odia: ଧୂସର (dhusara) (learned)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “धूसर”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dhūsara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press