کرو

Urdu

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कुरु (kuru).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kʊ.ɾuː/

Proper noun

کرو • (kurū) m (Hindi spelling कुरू)

1. Kuru, a legendary king in the Mahabharata who is the progenitor of the Kauravas

Related terms

• کرو کشیتر (kurū-kśetr)
• کورو (kaurav)
• شلیہ (śalya)
• پانڈو (pāndav)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kəɾoː/

Verb

کرو • (karo)

1. Polite form of کر.

References

• “کرو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “کرو”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “کرو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “کرو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.