पुर्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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पुर् (púr) stemf

  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

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Feminine root-stem declension of पुर् (púr)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative पूः
pū́ḥ
पुरौ / पुरा¹
púrau / púrā¹
पुरः
púraḥ
Vocative पूः
pū́ḥ
पुरौ / पुरा¹
púrau / púrā¹
पुरः
púraḥ
Accusative पुरम्
púram
पुरौ / पुरा¹
púrau / 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
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

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References

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  • 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