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

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Derived terms

• धुर (dhura)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “धुर्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 517/2.
• 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