पुर्

See also: पर, पुर, पुरु, पूर, पेरू, and पैर

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পুৰ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬸᬃ (Balinese script)
• পুর্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰲𑰨𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ပုရ် (Burmese script)
• પુર્ (Gujarati script)
• ਪੁਰ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦸꦂ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂳𑂩𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಪುರ್ (Kannada script)
• បុរ៑ (Khmer script)
• ປຸຣ຺ (Lao script)
• പുര് (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡠᡵ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘳𑘨𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠤᠷ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧔𑧈𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐸𑐬𑑂 (Newa script)
• ପୁର୍ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢸꢬ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆶𑆫𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖲𑖨𑖿 (Siddham script)
• පුර් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩒𑩼 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚰𑚤𑚶 (Takri script)
• புர் (Tamil script)
• పుర్ (Telugu script)
• ปุรฺ (Thai script)
• པུ་ར྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒳𑒩𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨃𑨫𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /púɾ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /puɾ/

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

• पुर (pura)
• पुरी (purī)

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]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 145