पुरा

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पुरा (purā́).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pʊ.ɾɑː/, [pʊ.ɾäː]

Adverb

पुरा • (purā) (Urdu spelling پُرا) (rare, formal)

1. from the old, formerly
2. till now

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “पुरा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पुरा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পুৰা (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬸᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
• পুরা (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰲𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ပုရာ (Burmese script)
• પુરા (Gujarati script)
• ਪੁਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦸꦫꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂳𑂩𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಪುರಾ (Kannada script)
• បុរា (Khmer script)
• ປຸຣາ (Lao script)
• പുരാ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡠᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘳𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠤᠷᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧔𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐸𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
• ପୁରା (Odia script)
• ꢦꢸꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆶𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖲𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
• පුරා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩒𑩼𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚰𑚤𑚭 (Takri script)
• புரா (Tamil script)
• పురా (Telugu script)
• ปุรา (Thai script)
• པུ་རཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒳𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨃𑨫𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pr̥Hā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥Hā́, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂-ó, from *preh₂-.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pu.ɾɑ́ː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ɾɑː/

Adverb

पुरा • (purā)

1. before, formerly, of old
2. in a previous existence
3. from of old, hitherto, up to the present time
4. at first, in the beginning

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: برُںہ (brũh)
• Pali: pure, purā
• Prakrit: 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑁄 (puro)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ފުރަ (fura), ޕޫރުބެ (pūrube), ޕުރެ (pure)
      • Sinhalese: පෙර (pera)
  • Western:
    • Takka Apabhramsa:
      • Punjabi:
        • Lahnda: پُرے (pure)
• → Hindi: पुरा (purā)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पुरा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 634.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pura”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 469