दुर्ग

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दुर्ग (durga).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʊɾɡ/

दुर्ग • (durg) m (Urdu spelling درگ)

1. fortress
2. castle, fort
3. citadel, stronghold
4. tower, chateau, bastille

• क़िला (qilā)
• गढ़ (gaṛh)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दुर्ग (durga).

• IPA^(key): /d̪uɾ.ɡə/

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दुर्ग • (durga) m

1. fort, castle

   Synonym: किल्ला (killā)

• सिंधुदुर्ग (sindhudurga, “a district in Maharashtra and its namesake fort”)
• जलदुर्ग (jaldurga, “fort surrounded by water”)
• गिरिदुर्ग (giridurga, “fort on a mountain”)

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *duẓgás, from Proto-Indo-European *dusgʷḿ̥s, from *dus- (“bad”) + *gʷem- (“to go”). By surface analysis, दुस्- (dus-, “badly, with difficulty”) +‎ ग (ga, “going, moving”); literally, "difficult to approach".

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /duɾ.ɡɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪uɾ.ɡɐ/

दुर्ग • (durgá) stem

1. difficult to access or approach; unattainable; impassable
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda

दुर्ग • (durgá) stem, n or m

1. difficult or narrow passage; a place difficult to access
2. fortress
3. citadel, stronghold, castle
4. rough ground
5. difficulty, danger, distress
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

• → Malayalam: ദുർഗം (duṟgaṁ) (learned)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀤𑀼𑀕𑁆𑀕 (dugga)
• Pali: dugga
• → Tamil: துருகம் (turukam)
• → Telugu: దుర్గము (durgamu)

• Monier Williams (1899) “दुर्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 487.