द्रु

See also: दूर and देर

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ᬤ᭄ᬭᬸ (Balinese script)
দ্ৰু (Assamese script)
দ্রু (Bengali script)
𑰟𑰿𑰨𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀤𑁆𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍁 (Grantha script)
દ્રુ (Gujarati script)
ਦੑਰੁ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦢꦿꦸ (Javanese script)
ទ្រុ (Khmer script)
ದ್ರು (Kannada script)
ທ຺ຣຸ (Lao script)
ദ്രു (Malayalam script)
𑘟𑘿𑘨𑘳 (Modi script)
ᢑᠷᠤ (Mongolian script)
ᡩᡵᡠ (Manchu script)
ဒြု (Burmese script)
𑦿𑧠𑧈𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
𑐡𑑂𑐬𑐸 (Newa script)
ଦ୍ରୁ (Odia script)
ꢣ꣄ꢬꢸ (Saurashtra script)
𑆢𑇀𑆫𑆶 (Sharada script)
𑖟𑖿𑖨𑗜 (Siddham script)
ද්‍රු (Sinhalese script)
த்³ரு (Tamil script)
ద్రు (Telugu script)
ทฺรุ (Thai script)
དྲུ (Tibetan script)
𑒠𑓂𑒩𑒳 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɾu/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪ɾu/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

द्रु • (drú) stem, m or n

wood or any wooden implement (as a cup, an oar etc.)
a tree or branch (masculine only)

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of द्रु (drú)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	द्रुः drúḥ	द्रू drū́	द्रवः drávaḥ
Vocative	द्रो dró	द्रू drū́	द्रवः drávaḥ
Accusative	द्रुम् drúm	द्रू drū́	द्रून् drū́n
Instrumental	द्रुणा / द्र्वा¹ drúṇā / drvā̀¹	द्रुभ्याम् drúbhyām	द्रुभिः drúbhiḥ
Dative	द्रवे / द्र्वे² dráve / drvè²	द्रुभ्याम् drúbhyām	द्रुभ्यः drúbhyaḥ
Ablative	द्रोः / द्र्वः² dróḥ / drvàḥ²	द्रुभ्याम् drúbhyām	द्रुभ्यः drúbhyaḥ
Genitive	द्रोः / द्र्वः² dróḥ / drvàḥ²	द्र्वोः drvóḥ	द्रूणाम् drūṇā́m
Locative	द्रौ draú	द्र्वोः drvóḥ	द्रुषु drúṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Less common

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Derived terms

द्रव्य (dravya, “related to trees, a resin”)
द्रुपद (drupadá, “wooden post (to which captives are tied)”)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “द्रु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0502/1.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 721; 759

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *drew- (“to run”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎‎ (drauu, “to run”), and, outside of Indo-Iranian, Latin Dravus (“the Drava river in southern Central Europe”).

Alternative forms

द्रव् (drav)

Root

द्रु • (dru)

to run, hasten, flee
to run up to, attack, assault
to become fluid, dissolve, melt
to cause to run, make flow
to make fluid, melt
to drive away, put to flight

References

Monier Williams (1899), “द्रु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0502/1.
William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 80
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 755-6; 759
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 73
Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 77-8

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