खुर

खुर

Hindi

Etymology

From Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀔𑀼𑀭 (khura), from Sanskrit खुर (khura).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰʊɾ/

Noun

खुर • (khur) m (Urdu spelling کھر‎)

1. foot (of furniture)

   Synonym: पाई (pāī)

2. hoof

Declension

Declension of खुर
	Singular	Plural
Direct	खुर (khur)	खुर (khur)
Oblique	खुर (khur)	खुरों (khurõ)
Vocative	खुर (khur)	खुरो (khuro)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “खुर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “khura (207)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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Sanskrit

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʰu.ɽɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰu.ɽɐ/

Noun

खुर • (khura) m

1. a particular part of the foot of a bedstead
2. a sort of perfume (dried shellfish shaped like a hoof)
3. a razor
4. hoof
   • Raghuvaṃśa, 2 2:

     तस्याः खुरन्यासपवित्रपांसुमपांसुलानां धुरि कीर्तनीया।
     मार्गं मनुष्येश्वरधर्मपत्नी श्रुतेरिवार्थं स्मृतिरन्वगच्छत्

     tasyāḥ khuranyāsapavitrapāṃsumapāṃsulānāṃ dhuri kīrtanīyā.
     mārgaṃ manuṣyeśvaradharmapatnī śruterivārthaṃ smṛtiranvagacchat

     treading behind, the king's prim wife, to be reckoned atop immaculate ladies, with dust raised by her (the cow's) hooves
     is hallowed in the path as pious people are when listening, reciting and reminiscing (religious texts)

   Synonyms: खुरी (khurī), शफ (śapha)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of खुर (khura)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	खुरः khuraḥ	खुरौ khurau	खुराः / खुरासः¹ khurāḥ / khurāsaḥ¹
Vocative	खुर khura	खुरौ khurau	खुराः / खुरासः¹ khurāḥ / khurāsaḥ¹
Accusative	खुरम् khuram	खुरौ khurau	खुरान् khurān
Instrumental	खुरेण khureṇa	खुराभ्याम् khurābhyām	खुरैः / खुरेभिः¹ khuraiḥ / khurebhiḥ¹
Dative	खुराय khurāya	खुराभ्याम् khurābhyām	खुरेभ्यः khurebhyaḥ
Ablative	खुरात् khurāt	खुराभ्याम् khurābhyām	खुरेभ्यः khurebhyaḥ
Genitive	खुरस्य khurasya	खुरयोः khurayoḥ	खुराणाम् khurāṇām
Locative	खुरे khure	खुरयोः khurayoḥ	खुरेषु khureṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• खुरक्षेप (khurakṣepa, “a kick with a hoof”)
• खुरणस् (khuraṇas, “"having a nose like a horse's hoof", flat-nosed”)
• खुरपदवी (khurapadavī, “a horse's footmarks”)
• खुराग्र (khurāgra, “the tip of a hoof”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “खुर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 340.