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पुर
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Braj
Etymology
Adverb
पुर (pur)
- before, in front of
- 1601, Keshavdas, Ramchandrika:
- राम कह्यो जो कछु दुख तेरे। श्वान निशंक कहो पुर मेरे।।152।।
- rām kahyo jo kachu dukh tere. śvān niśaṅk kaho pur mere..152..
- Ram said, whatever your sorrow be; say with insouciance as that of a dog, before me.
Hindi
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Sanskrit पुर (pura).
Noun
पुर • (pur) m (Urdu spelling پور)
Declension
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Classical Persian پر (pur). Doublet of पुर- (pur-).
Adjective
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
पुर • (pur) m
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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- পুৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬸᬭ (Balinese script)
- পুর (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰲𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀼𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ပုရ (Burmese script)
- પુર (Gujarati script)
- ਪੁਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑍁𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦸꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂳𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಪುರ (Kannada script)
- បុរ (Khmer script)
- ປຸຣ (Lao script)
- പുര (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᡠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘳𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠤᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧔𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐸𑐬 (Newa script)
- ପୁର (Odia script)
- ꢦꢸꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆶𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖲𑖨 (Siddham script)
- පුර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩒𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚰𑚤 (Takri script)
- புர (Tamil script)
- పుర (Telugu script)
- ปุร (Thai script)
- པུ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒳𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨃𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From पुर् (púr, “stronghold, fortress”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πόλις f (pólis) and Lithuanian pilis.
Pronunciation
Noun
पुर • (púra) stem, n
Declension
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- सिंहपुर (siṃhapura)
- हस्तिनापुर (hastināpura)
Descendants
- Assamese: পুৰ (pur)
- Bengali: পুর (pur)
- Hindi: पुर (pur), पुरा (purā)
- → Malay: pura, فورا
- → Indonesian: pura
- → Kannada: ಪುರ (pura)
- Konkani: पूर (pūr)
- → Malayalam: പുരം (puraṁ)
- Marathi: पुर (pur)
- Nepali: पुर् (pur)
- → Old Javanese: pura
- Odia: ପୁର (pura)
- Pali: pura
- Punjabi: ਪੁਰ (pur)
- Pahari-Potwari: پُر (pur)
- → Tamil: புரம் (puram), புரை (purai)
- → Telugu: పురము (puramu)
- Urdu: پُور (pūr)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “पुर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0635.
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