पुर्

Sanskrit

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

पुर् • (púr) stem, f

  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
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

References
  • 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]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 145
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