रुरु

Sanskrit

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

रुरु • (rúru) stem, m

1. a kind of deer

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of रुरु

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	रुरुः (ruruḥ)	रुरू (rurū)	रुरवः (ruravaḥ)
vocative	रुरो (ruro)	रुरू (rurū)	रुरवः (ruravaḥ)
accusative	रुरुम् (rurum)	रुरू (rurū)	रुरून् (rurūn)
instrumental	रुरुणा (ruruṇā) रुर्वा¹ (rurvā¹)	रुरुभ्याम् (rurubhyām)	रुरुभिः (rurubhiḥ)
dative	रुरवे (rurave) रुर्वे¹ (rurve¹)	रुरुभ्याम् (rurubhyām)	रुरुभ्यः (rurubhyaḥ)
ablative	रुरोः (ruroḥ) रुर्वः¹ (rurvaḥ¹)	रुरुभ्याम् (rurubhyām)	रुरुभ्यः (rurubhyaḥ)
genitive	रुरोः (ruroḥ) रुर्वः¹ (rurvaḥ¹)	रुर्वोः (rurvoḥ)	रुरूणाम् (rurūṇām)
locative	रुरौ (rurau)	रुर्वोः (rurvoḥ)	रुरुषु (ruruṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• रुरुविदारिणी (ruruvidāriṇī)

Descendants

• → Tamil: உரு (uru)

References

• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “रुरु”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press