पुर्

See also: पर, पुर, पुरु, पूर, पेरू, and पैर

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পুৰ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬸᬃ (Balinese script)
• পুর্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰲𑰨𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ပုရ် (Burmese script)
• પુર્ (Gujarati script)
• ਪੁਰ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦸꦂ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂳𑂩𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಪುರ್ (Kannada script)
• បុរ៑ (Khmer script)
• ປຸຣ຺ (Lao script)
• പുര് (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡠᡵ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘳𑘨𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠤᠷ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧔𑧈𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐸𑐬𑑂 (Newa script)
• ପୁର୍ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢸꢬ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆶𑆫𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖲𑖨𑖿 (Siddham script)
• පුර් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩒𑩼 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚰𑚤𑚶 (Takri script)
• புர் (Tamil script)
• పుర్ (Telugu script)
• ปุรฺ (Thai script)
• པུ་ར྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒳𑒩𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨃𑨫𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(t)pĺ̥H (“city, fortress, stronghold”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πτόλις (ptólis), πόλις (pólis), Lithuanian pilis, Latvian pils.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /púɾ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /puɾ/

Noun

पुर् • (púr) stem, f

1. stronghold, fortress
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.95.1:

     प्र क्षोदसा धायसा सस्र एषा सरस्वती धरुणमायसी पूः।

     pra kṣodasā dhāyasā sasra eṣā sarasvatī dharuṇamāyasī pūḥ.

     THIS stream Sarasvatī with fostering current comes forth, our sure defence, our fort of iron.

2. city, town
3. rampart, wall
4. castle

Declension

Feminine root-stem declension of पुर्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	पूः (pū́ḥ)	पुरौ (púrau) पुरा¹ (púrā¹)	पुरः (púraḥ)
vocative	पूः (pū́ḥ)	पुरौ (púrau) पुरा¹ (púrā¹)	पुरः (púraḥ)
accusative	पुरम् (púram)	पुरौ (púrau) पुरा¹ (púrā¹)	पुरः (púraḥ)
instrumental	पुरा (purā́)	पूर्भ्याम् (pūrbhyā́m)	पूर्भिः (pūrbhíḥ)
dative	पुरे (puré)	पूर्भ्याम् (pūrbhyā́m)	पूर्भ्यः (pūrbhyáḥ)
ablative	पुरः (puráḥ)	पूर्भ्याम् (pūrbhyā́m)	पूर्भ्यः (pūrbhyáḥ)
genitive	पुरः (puráḥ)	पुरोः (puróḥ)	पुराम् (purā́m)
locative	पुरि (purí)	पुरोः (puróḥ)	पूर्षु (pūrṣú)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• पुर (pura)
• पुरी (purī)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पुर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 635/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 145