द्रु

See also: दूर and देर

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দ্ৰু (Assamese script)
• ᬤ᭄ᬭᬸ (Balinese script)
• দ্রু (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰿𑰨𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑁆𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ဒြု (Burmese script)
• દ્રુ (Gujarati script)
• ਦ੍ਰੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦿꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂹𑂩𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ದ್ರು (Kannada script)
• ទ្រុ (Khmer script)
• ທ຺ຣຸ (Lao script)
• ദ്രു (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᡵᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘿𑘨𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠷᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧠𑧈𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑑂𑐬𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଦ୍ରୁ (Odia script)
• ꢣ꣄ꢬꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑇀𑆫𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖿𑖨𑗜 (Siddham script)
• ද්‍රු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭 𑪙𑩼𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚶𑚤𑚰 (Takri script)
• த்³ரு (Tamil script)
• ద్రు (Telugu script)
• ทฺรุ (Thai script)
• དྲུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑓂𑒩𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑩇𑨫𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɾu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ɾu/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *drew-, oblique case stem of *dóru, whence also regularly Sanskrit दारु (dā́ru). Compare Ancient Greek δρῦς (drûs) and Old Church Slavonic дръва (drŭva).

Noun

द्रु • (drú) stem, m or n

1. wood or any wooden implement (as a cup, an oar etc.)
2. a tree or branch (masculine only)

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of द्रु (drú)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	द्रुः drúḥ	द्रू drū́	द्रवः drávaḥ
Vocative	द्रो dró	द्रू drū́	द्रवः drávaḥ
Accusative	द्रुम् drúm	द्रू drū́	द्रून् drū́n
Instrumental	द्रुणा / द्र्वा¹ drúṇā / drvā́¹	द्रुभ्याम् drúbhyām	द्रुभिः drúbhiḥ
Dative	द्रवे dráve	द्रुभ्याम् drúbhyām	द्रुभ्यः drúbhyaḥ
Ablative	द्रोः dróḥ	द्रुभ्याम् drúbhyām	द्रुभ्यः drúbhyaḥ
Genitive	द्रोः dróḥ	द्र्वोः drvóḥ	द्रूणाम् drūṇā́m
Locative	द्रौ draú	द्र्वोः drvóḥ	द्रुषु drúṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter u-stem declension of द्रु (drú)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	द्रु drú	द्रुणी drúṇī	द्रूणि / द्रु¹ / द्रू¹ drū́ṇi / drú¹ / drū́¹
Vocative	द्रु / द्रो drú / dró	द्रुणी drúṇī	द्रूणि / द्रु¹ / द्रू¹ drū́ṇi / drú¹ / drū́¹
Accusative	द्रु drú	द्रुणी drúṇī	द्रूणि / द्रु¹ / द्रू¹ drū́ṇi / drú¹ / drū́¹
Instrumental	द्रुणा / द्र्वा¹ drúṇā / drvā́¹	द्रुभ्याम् drúbhyām	द्रुभिः drúbhiḥ
Dative	द्रुणे / द्रवे¹ drúṇe / dráve¹	द्रुभ्याम् drúbhyām	द्रुभ्यः drúbhyaḥ
Ablative	द्रुणः / द्रोः¹ drúṇaḥ / dróḥ¹	द्रुभ्याम् drúbhyām	द्रुभ्यः drúbhyaḥ
Genitive	द्रुणः / द्रोः¹ drúṇaḥ / dróḥ¹	द्रुणोः drúṇoḥ	द्रूणाम् drūṇā́m
Locative	द्रुणि / द्रौ¹ drúṇi / draú¹	द्रुणोः drúṇoḥ	द्रुषु drúṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• द्रव्य (dravya, “related to trees, a resin”)
• द्रुपद (drupadá, “wooden post (to which captives are tied)”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “द्रु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0502/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 721; 759

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *drew- (“to run”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎 (drauu, “to run”), and, outside of Indo-Iranian, Latin Dravus (“the Drava river in southern Central Europe”).

Alternative forms

• द्रव् (drav)

Root

द्रु • (dru)

1. to run, hasten, flee
2. to run up to, attack, assault
3. to become fluid, dissolve, melt
4. to cause to run, make flow
5. to make fluid, melt
6. to drive away, put to flight

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “द्रु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0502/1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 80
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 755-6; 759
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 73
• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 77-8