कौरव

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कौरव (kaurava).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kɔː.ɾəʋ/, [kɔː.ɾɐʋ]

Proper noun

कौरव • (kaurav) m (Urdu spelling کَورَو)

1. a Kaurava (descendant of the king Kuru)

Declension

Declension of कौरव (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कौरव kaurav	कौरव kaurav
oblique	कौरव kaurav	कौरवों kauravõ
vocative	कौरव kaurav	कौरवो kauravo

Adjective

कौरव • (kaurav) (indeclinable)

1. relating to or belonging to the Kurus

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कौरव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कौरव”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “कौरव”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “कौरव”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কৌৰৱ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᭁᬭᬯ (Balinese script)
• কৌরব (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰻𑰨𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑁅𑀭𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• ကော်ရဝ (Burmese script)
• કૌરવ (Gujarati script)
• ਕੌਰਵ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍌𑌰𑌵 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦻꦴꦫꦮ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂸𑂩𑂫 (Kaithi script)
• ಕೌರವ (Kannada script)
• កៅរវ (Khmer script)
• ເກົາຣວ (Lao script)
• കൗരവ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠣᠣᡵᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘼𑘨𑘪 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠣᠧᠸᠠᠷᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧝𑧈𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑑁𑐬𑐰 (Newa script)
• କୌରଵ (Odia script)
• ꢒꣃꢬꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆿𑆫𑆮 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖻𑖨𑖪 (Siddham script)
• කෞරව (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩘𑩼𑩾 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚵𑚤𑚦 (Takri script)
• கௌரவ (Tamil script)
• కౌరవ (Telugu script)
• เการว (Thai script)
• ཀཽ་ར་ཝ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒾𑒩𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨈𑨫𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of कुरु (kuru).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɑːw.ɾɐ.ʋɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑw.ɾɐ.ʋɐ/

Adjective

कौरव • (kaurava) stem

1. relating to or belonging to the Kurus

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कौरव (kaurava)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कौरवः kauravaḥ	कौरवौ / कौरवा¹ kauravau / kauravā¹	कौरवाः / कौरवासः¹ kauravāḥ / kauravāsaḥ¹
Vocative	कौरव kaurava	कौरवौ / कौरवा¹ kauravau / kauravā¹	कौरवाः / कौरवासः¹ kauravāḥ / kauravāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कौरवम् kauravam	कौरवौ / कौरवा¹ kauravau / kauravā¹	कौरवान् kauravān
Instrumental	कौरवेण kauraveṇa	कौरवाभ्याम् kauravābhyām	कौरवैः / कौरवेभिः¹ kauravaiḥ / kauravebhiḥ¹
Dative	कौरवाय kauravāya	कौरवाभ्याम् kauravābhyām	कौरवेभ्यः kauravebhyaḥ
Ablative	कौरवात् kauravāt	कौरवाभ्याम् kauravābhyām	कौरवेभ्यः kauravebhyaḥ
Genitive	कौरवस्य kauravasya	कौरवयोः kauravayoḥ	कौरवाणाम् kauravāṇām
Locative	कौरवे kaurave	कौरवयोः kauravayoḥ	कौरवेषु kauraveṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ī-stem declension of कौरवी (kauravī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कौरवी kauravī	कौरव्यौ / कौरवी¹ kauravyau / kauravī¹	कौरव्यः / कौरवीः¹ kauravyaḥ / kauravīḥ¹
Vocative	कौरवि kauravi	कौरव्यौ / कौरवी¹ kauravyau / kauravī¹	कौरव्यः / कौरवीः¹ kauravyaḥ / kauravīḥ¹
Accusative	कौरवीम् kauravīm	कौरव्यौ / कौरवी¹ kauravyau / kauravī¹	कौरवीः kauravīḥ
Instrumental	कौरव्या kauravyā	कौरवीभ्याम् kauravībhyām	कौरवीभिः kauravībhiḥ
Dative	कौरव्यै kauravyai	कौरवीभ्याम् kauravībhyām	कौरवीभ्यः kauravībhyaḥ
Ablative	कौरव्याः / कौरव्यै² kauravyāḥ / kauravyai²	कौरवीभ्याम् kauravībhyām	कौरवीभ्यः kauravībhyaḥ
Genitive	कौरव्याः / कौरव्यै² kauravyāḥ / kauravyai²	कौरव्योः kauravyoḥ	कौरवीणाम् kauravīṇām
Locative	कौरव्याम् kauravyām	कौरव्योः kauravyoḥ	कौरवीषु kauravīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of कौरव (kaurava)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कौरवम् kauravam	कौरवे kaurave	कौरवाणि / कौरवा¹ kauravāṇi / kauravā¹
Vocative	कौरव kaurava	कौरवे kaurave	कौरवाणि / कौरवा¹ kauravāṇi / kauravā¹
Accusative	कौरवम् kauravam	कौरवे kaurave	कौरवाणि / कौरवा¹ kauravāṇi / kauravā¹
Instrumental	कौरवेण kauraveṇa	कौरवाभ्याम् kauravābhyām	कौरवैः / कौरवेभिः¹ kauravaiḥ / kauravebhiḥ¹
Dative	कौरवाय kauravāya	कौरवाभ्याम् kauravābhyām	कौरवेभ्यः kauravebhyaḥ
Ablative	कौरवात् kauravāt	कौरवाभ्याम् kauravābhyām	कौरवेभ्यः kauravebhyaḥ
Genitive	कौरवस्य kauravasya	कौरवयोः kauravayoḥ	कौरवाणाम् kauravāṇām
Locative	कौरवे kaurave	कौरवयोः kauravayoḥ	कौरवेषु kauraveṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Proper noun

कौरव • (kaurava) stem, m

1. a Kaurava (descendant of the king Kuru)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कौरव (kaurava)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कौरवः kauravaḥ	कौरवौ / कौरवा¹ kauravau / kauravā¹	कौरवाः / कौरवासः¹ kauravāḥ / kauravāsaḥ¹
Vocative	कौरव kaurava	कौरवौ / कौरवा¹ kauravau / kauravā¹	कौरवाः / कौरवासः¹ kauravāḥ / kauravāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कौरवम् kauravam	कौरवौ / कौरवा¹ kauravau / kauravā¹	कौरवान् kauravān
Instrumental	कौरवेण kauraveṇa	कौरवाभ्याम् kauravābhyām	कौरवैः / कौरवेभिः¹ kauravaiḥ / kauravebhiḥ¹
Dative	कौरवाय kauravāya	कौरवाभ्याम् kauravābhyām	कौरवेभ्यः kauravebhyaḥ
Ablative	कौरवात् kauravāt	कौरवाभ्याम् kauravābhyām	कौरवेभ्यः kauravebhyaḥ
Genitive	कौरवस्य kauravasya	कौरवयोः kauravayoḥ	कौरवाणाम् kauravāṇām
Locative	कौरवे kaurave	कौरवयोः kauravayoḥ	कौरवेषु kauraveṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “कौरव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 317.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “कौरव”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “कौरव”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press