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द्रु

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See also: दूर and देर

Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Indo-European *drew-, oblique case stem of *dóru, whence also regularly Sanskrit दारु (dā́ru).[1][2] Compare Ancient Greek δρῦς (drûs) and Old Church Slavonic дръва (drŭva).

Noun

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द्रु (drú) stemm or n

  1. wood or any wooden implement (as a cup, an oar, etc.)
  2. a tree or branch (masculine only)
Declension
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Masculine u-stem declension of द्रु
singular dual plural
nominative द्रुः (drúḥ) द्रू (drū́) द्रवः॑ (drávaḥ)
accusative द्रुम् (drúm) द्रू (drū́) द्रून् (drū́n)
instrumental द्रुणा॑ (drúṇā)
द्र्वा¹ (drvā́¹)
द्रुभ्या॑म् (drúbhyām) द्रुभिः॑ (drúbhiḥ)
dative द्रवे॑ (dráve) द्रुभ्या॑म् (drúbhyām) द्रुभ्यः॑ (drúbhyaḥ)
ablative द्रोः (dróḥ) द्रुभ्या॑म् (drúbhyām) द्रुभ्यः॑ (drúbhyaḥ)
genitive द्रोः (dróḥ) द्र्वोः (drvóḥ) द्रू॒णाम् (drūṇā́m)
locative द्रौ (dráu) द्र्वोः (drvóḥ) द्रुषु॑ (drúṣu)
vocative द्रो (dró) द्रू (drū́) द्रवः॑ (drávaḥ)
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Neuter u-stem declension of द्रु
singular dual plural
nominative द्रु (drú) द्रुणी॑ (drúṇī) द्रूणि॑ (drū́ṇi)
द्रु¹ (drú¹)
द्रू¹ (drū́¹)
accusative द्रु (drú) द्रुणी॑ (drúṇī) द्रूणि॑ (drū́ṇi)
द्रु¹ (drú¹)
द्रू¹ (drū́¹)
instrumental द्रुणा॑ (drúṇā)
द्र्वा¹ (drvā́¹)
द्रुभ्या॑म् (drúbhyām) द्रुभिः॑ (drúbhiḥ)
dative द्रुणे॑ (drúṇe)
द्रवे॑¹ (dráve¹)
द्रुभ्या॑म् (drúbhyām) द्रुभ्यः॑ (drúbhyaḥ)
ablative द्रुणः॑ (drúṇaḥ)
द्रोः¹ (dróḥ¹)
द्रुभ्या॑म् (drúbhyām) द्रुभ्यः॑ (drúbhyaḥ)
genitive द्रुणः॑ (drúṇaḥ)
द्रोः¹ (dróḥ¹)
द्रुणोः॑ (drúṇoḥ)
द्र्वोः¹ (drvóḥ¹)
द्रू॒णाम् (drūṇā́m)
locative द्रुणि॑ (drúṇi)
द्रौ¹ (dráu¹)
द्रुणोः॑ (drúṇoḥ)
द्र्वोः¹ (drvóḥ¹)
द्रुषु॑ (drúṣu)
vocative द्रु (drú)
द्रो (dró)
द्रुणी॑ (drúṇī) द्रूणि॑ (drū́ṇi)
द्रु¹ (drú¹)
द्रू¹ (drū́¹)
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Derived terms
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References

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  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “dru-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 759
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “dā́ru-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 721

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Indo-European *drew- (to run).[1] Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎 (drauu, to run), and, outside of Indo-Iranian, possibly Latin amtruō (to dance around),[2] Dravus (the Drava river in southern Central Europe).[3] See also द्रा (drā, to run), which may be related.[2]

Alternative forms

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Root

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द्रु (dru)

  1. to run, hasten, flee
  2. to run up to, attack, assault
  3. to become fluid, dissolve, melt
  4. to cause to run, make flow
  5. to make fluid, melt
  6. to drive away, put to flight
Derived terms
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Primary verbal forms
Secondary forms
Non-finite forms

References

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  1. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007), “*drau²”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 77
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “drav”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 181
  3. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “DRAV”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[3] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 755

Further reading

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  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “dru”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.