अक्रूर

See also: अँकरौरी

Malvi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अक्रूर (akrūra).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: अ‧क्रूर

Adjective

अक्रूर (akrūr)

1. not cruel
2. gentle, compassionate, kind

Further reading

• डॉ॰ भगवतीलाल राजपुरोहित [Bhagwatilal Rajpurohit], डॉ॰ प्रह्लाद चन्द्र जोशी [Prahlad Chandra Joshi] (2010) “अक्रूर”, in मालवी - हिन्दी शब्दकोश [Malvi - Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), शिवाजी नगर, भोपाल [Shivaji Nagar, Bhopal]: माध्यमिक शिक्षा मण्डल परिसर [Madhyamik Shiksha Mandal Parisar], →ISBN, अ, page 13, column 2.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অক্ৰূৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬓ᭄ᬭᬹᬭ (Balinese script)
• অক্রূর (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰎𑰿𑰨𑰳𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀭𑀽𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• အကြူရ (Burmese script)
• અક્રૂર (Gujarati script)
• ਅਕ੍ਰੂਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌕𑍍𑌰𑍂𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦏꦿꦹꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂍𑂹𑂩𑂴𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಕ್ರೂರ (Kannada script)
• អក្រូរ (Khmer script)
• ອກ຺ຣູຣ (Lao script)
• അക്രൂര (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᡬᡵᡠᡠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘎𑘿𑘨𑘴𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢉᠷᠤᠤᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑦮𑧠𑧈𑧕𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐎𑑂𑐬𑐹𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଅକ୍ରୂର (Odia script)
• ꢂꢒ꣄ꢬꢹꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆑𑇀𑆫𑆷𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖎𑖿𑖨𑗝𑖨 (Siddham script)
• අක්‍රූර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩜 𑪙𑩼𑩒𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚊𑚶𑚤𑚱𑚤 (Takri script)
• அக்ரூர (Tamil script)
• అక్రూర (Telugu script)
• อกฺรูร (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཀྲཱུ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒏𑓂𑒩𑒴𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨋𑩇𑨫𑨃𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From अ- (a-) +‎ क्रूर (krūra).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐk.ɾuː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐkˈɾuː.ɾɐ/

Adjective

अक्रूर • (akrūra) stem

1. not cruel, gentle

Descendants

Learned borrowings from अक्रूर (akrūra)

• → Assamese: অক্ৰূৰ (okrur) (learned)
• → Bengali: অক্রূর (okrur) (learned)
• → Gujarati: અક્રૂર (akrūr) (learned)
• → Hindi: अक्रूर (akrūr) (learned)
• → Kannada: ಅಕ್ರೂರ (akrūra) (learned)
• → Malvi: अक्रूर (akrūr) (learned)
• → Odia: ଅକ୍ରୂର (ôkrurô) (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “अक्रूर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 3, column 1.