दुर्गा

See also: दरगा, दरोग़, and दुर्ग

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬤᬸᬃᬕᬵ (Balinese script)
• দুৰ্গা (Assamese script)
• দুর্গা (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰲𑰨𑰿𑰐𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀼𑀭𑁆𑀕𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌦𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌗𑌾 (Grantha script)
• દુર્ગા (Gujarati script)
• ਦੁਰੑਗਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦢꦸꦂꦒꦴ (Javanese script)
• ទុគ៌ា (Khmer script)
• ದುರ್ಗಾ (Kannada script)
• ທຸຣ຺ຄາ (Lao script)
• ദുര്ഗാ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘟𑘳𑘨𑘿𑘐𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠤᠷᠺᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• ᡩᡠᡵᡤᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• ဒုရ်္ဂါ (Burmese script)
• 𑦿𑧔𑧈𑧠𑦰𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐸𑐬𑑂𑐐𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଦୁର୍ଗା (Oriya script)
• ꢣꢸꢬ꣄ꢔꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆶𑆫𑇀𑆓𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖲𑖨𑖿𑖐𑖯 (Siddham script)
• දුර්ගා (Sinhalese script)
• దుర్గా (Telugu script)
• ทุรฺคา (Thai script)
• དུ་རྒཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒳𑒩𑓂𑒑𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From दुस्- (dus-, “badly, with difficulty”) +‎ गम् (gam, “to come to, approach”); literally, "difficult to approach".

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /duɾ.ɡɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪uɾ.ɡɑː/

Proper noun

दुर्गा • (durgā) f

1. (literary) ‘the inaccessible or terrific goddess’.
2. Name of the daughter of हिमवत् (himavat) and wife of Shiva.

Descendants

• Bengali: দুগ্গা (dugga)
• → Bengali: দুর্গা (durga) (learned)
• → English: Durga
• → Telugu: దుర్గ (durga)