कुरु

See also: कर, कूर, and -कर

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কুৰু (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬸᬭᬸ (Balinese script)
• কুরু (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰲𑰨𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀼𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ကုရု (Burmese script)
• કુરુ (Gujarati script)
• ਕੁਰੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍁𑌰𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦸꦫꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂳𑂩𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಕುರು (Kannada script)
• កុរុ (Khmer script)
• ກຸຣຸ (Lao script)
• കുരു (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᡠᡵᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘳𑘨𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠤᠷᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧔𑧈𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐸𑐬𑐸 (Newa script)
• କୁରୁ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢸꢬꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆶𑆫𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖲𑖨𑖲 (Siddham script)
• කුරු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩒𑩼𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚰𑚤𑚰 (Takri script)
• குரு (Tamil script)
• కురు (Telugu script)
• กุรุ (Thai script)
• ཀུ་རུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒳𑒩𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨃𑨫𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

A relation to Old Persian 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 (ku-u-ru-u-š /⁠Kuruš⁠/) has been suggested, though this is unlikely.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kú.ɾu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ku.ɾu/

Noun

कुरु॑ • (kúru) stem, m

1. (in the plural) name of an Indian tribe and of their kingdom
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 1.56.1:

     कथितं वै समासेन त्वया सर्वं द्विजोत्तम ।
     महाभारतमाख्यानं कुरूणां चरितं महत् ॥

     kathitaṃ vai samāsena tvayā sarvaṃ dvijottama.
     mahābhāratamākhyānaṃ kurūṇāṃ caritaṃ mahat.

     • 2009 translation by John D. Smith

       Best of Brahmins, you have told me in short form the whole Mahābhārata narrative, the great tale of the Kurus.

2. (Hinduism) Kuru, ancestor of both the Pandavas and the Kauravas in the Mahabharata

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of कुरु॑

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	कुरुः॑ (kúruḥ)	कुरू॑ (kúrū)	कुर॑वः (kúravaḥ)
accusative	कुरु॑म् (kúrum)	कुरू॑ (kúrū)	कुरू॑न् (kúrūn)
instrumental	कुरु॑णा (kúruṇā) कुर्वा॑¹ (kúrvā¹)	कुरु॑भ्याम् (kúrubhyām)	कुरु॑भिः (kúrubhiḥ)
dative	कुर॑वे (kúrave) कुर्वे॑¹ (kúrve¹)	कुरु॑भ्याम् (kúrubhyām)	कुरु॑भ्यः (kúrubhyaḥ)
ablative	कुरोः॑ (kúroḥ) कुर्वः॑¹ (kúrvaḥ¹)	कुरु॑भ्याम् (kúrubhyām)	कुरु॑भ्यः (kúrubhyaḥ)
genitive	कुरोः॑ (kúroḥ) कुर्वः॑¹ (kúrvaḥ¹)	कुर्वोः॑ (kúrvoḥ)	कुरू॑णाम् (kúrūṇām)
locative	कुरौ॑ (kúrau)	कुर्वोः॑ (kúrvoḥ)	कुरु॑षु (kúruṣu)
vocative	कुरो॑ (kúro)	कुरू॑ (kúrū)	कुर॑वः (kúravaḥ)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• कुरुक्षेत्र (kurukṣetrá)
• कुरुश्रवण (kuruśrávaṇa, name of a prince)
• कौरव (kauravá)

Descendants

• → Urdu: کرو (kurū)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “कुरु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 294, column 1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “kúru-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 371
• Igor V. P’yankov (November 10, 2011), “CYROPOLIS”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ku.ɾú/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ku.ɾu/

Verb

कु॒रु • (kurú)

1. second-person singular imperative active of करोति (karóti, “to do, make”)