ऊरु
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ঊৰু (Assamese script)
- ᬊᬭᬸ (Balinese script)
- ঊরু (Bengali script)
- 𑰅𑰨𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀊𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ဦရု (Burmese script)
- ઊરુ (Gujarati script)
- ਊਰੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌊𑌰𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦈꦴꦫꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂈𑂩𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಊರು (Kannada script)
- ឩរុ (Khmer script)
- ອູຣຸ (Lao script)
- ഊരു (Malayalam script)
- ᡠᡠᡵᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘅𑘨𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠤᠤᠷᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦥𑧈𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐅𑐬𑐸 (Newa script)
- ଊରୁ (Odia script)
- ꢇꢬꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆈𑆫𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖅𑖨𑖲 (Siddham script)
- ඌරු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩒𑩛𑩼𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚅𑚤𑚰 (Takri script)
- ஊரு (Tamil script)
- ఊరు (Telugu script)
- อูรุ (Thai script)
- ཨཱུ་རུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒆𑒩𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨃𑨊𑨫𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *uHrúš.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /uː.ɾú/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /uː.ɾu/
Noun
ऊ॒रु • (ūrú) stem, m
- thigh
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.90.12:
- ब्रा॒ह्म॒णो॑ऽस्य॒ मुख॑मासीद्बा॒हू रा॑ज॒न्यः॑ कृ॒तः।
ऊ॒रू तद॑स्य॒ यद्वैश्यः॑ प॒द्भ्यां शू॒द्रो अ॑जायत॥- brāhmaṇòʼsya múkhamāsīdbāhū́ rājanyàḥ kṛtáḥ.
ūrū́ tádasya yádváiśyaḥ padbhyā́ṃ śūdró ajāyata. - The Brāhmaṇa was his mouth, of both his arms was the Rājanya made.
His thighs became the Vaiśya, from his feet the Śudra was produced.
- brāhmaṇòʼsya múkhamāsīdbāhū́ rājanyàḥ kṛtáḥ.
- ब्रा॒ह्म॒णो॑ऽस्य॒ मुख॑मासीद्बा॒हू रा॑ज॒न्यः॑ कृ॒तः।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ऊ॒रुः (ūrúḥ) | ऊ॒रू (ūrū́) | ऊ॒रवः॑ (ūrávaḥ) |
| accusative | ऊ॒रुम् (ūrúm) | ऊ॒रू (ūrū́) | ऊ॒रून् (ūrū́n) |
| instrumental | ऊ॒रुणा॑ (ūrúṇā) ऊ॒र्वा¹ (ūrvā́¹) |
ऊ॒रुभ्या॑म् (ūrúbhyām) | ऊ॒रुभिः॑ (ūrúbhiḥ) |
| dative | ऊ॒रवे॑ (ūráve) ऊ॒र्वे¹ (ūrvé¹) |
ऊ॒रुभ्या॑म् (ūrúbhyām) | ऊ॒रुभ्यः॑ (ūrúbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | ऊ॒रोः (ūróḥ) ऊ॒र्वः¹ (ūrváḥ¹) |
ऊ॒रुभ्या॑म् (ūrúbhyām) | ऊ॒रुभ्यः॑ (ūrúbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | ऊ॒रोः (ūróḥ) ऊ॒र्वः¹ (ūrváḥ¹) |
ऊ॒र्वोः (ūrvóḥ) | ऊ॒रू॒णाम् (ūrūṇā́m) |
| locative | ऊ॒रौ (ūráu) | ऊ॒र्वोः (ūrvóḥ) | ऊ॒रुषु॑ (ūrúṣu) |
| vocative | ऊरो॑ (ū́ro) | ऊरू॑ (ū́rū) | ऊर॑वः (ū́ravaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- औरव (aurava)
Descendants
- Pali: ūru
- Prakrit: 𑀊𑀭𑀼 (ūru)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “uru”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 114