चरु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

চৰু (Assamese script)
ᬘᬭᬸ (Balinese script)
চরু (Bengali script)
𑰓𑰨𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀘𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
စရု (Burmese script)
ચરુ (Gujarati script)
ਚਰੁ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌚𑌰𑍁 (Grantha script)
ꦕꦫꦸ (Javanese script)
𑂒𑂩𑂳 (Kaithi script)
ಚರು (Kannada script)
ចរុ (Khmer script)
ຈຣຸ (Lao script)
ചരു (Malayalam script)
ᢜᠠᡵᡠ (Manchu script)
𑘓𑘨𑘳 (Modi script)
ᢋᠠᠷᠤ (Mongolian script)
𑦳𑧈𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
𑐔𑐬𑐸 (Newa script)
ଚରୁ (Odia script)
ꢗꢬꢸ (Saurashtra script)
𑆖𑆫𑆶 (Sharada script)
𑖓𑖨𑖲 (Siddham script)
චරු (Sinhalese script)
𑩡𑩼𑩒 (Soyombo script)
𑚏𑚤𑚰 (Takri script)
சரு (Tamil script)
చరు (Telugu script)
จรุ (Thai script)
ཙ་རུ (Tibetan script)
𑒔𑒩𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
𑨣𑨫𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćarúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čarúš, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷerús (“pot, cauldron”). Cognate with Old English hwer, Old Norse hverr, Old Irish coire (“kettle, cauldron”), Middle Welsh peir, Russian ча́ра (čára).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐ.ɾú/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐ.ɾu/

Noun

चरु • (carú) stem, m

pot
saucepan

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of चरु
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	चरुः (carúḥ)	चरू (carū́)	चरवः (carávaḥ)
accusative	चरुम् (carúm)	चरू (carū́)	चरून् (carū́n)
instrumental	चरुणा (carúṇā) चर्वा¹ (carvā́¹)	चरुभ्याम् (carúbhyām)	चरुभिः (carúbhiḥ)
dative	चरवे (caráve) चर्वे¹ (carvé¹)	चरुभ्याम् (carúbhyām)	चरुभ्यः (carúbhyaḥ)
ablative	चरोः (caróḥ) चर्वः¹ (carváḥ¹)	चरुभ्याम् (carúbhyām)	चरुभ्यः (carúbhyaḥ)
genitive	चरोः (caróḥ) चर्वः¹ (carváḥ¹)	चर्वोः (carvóḥ)	चरूणाम् (carūṇā́m)
locative	चरौ (caráu)	चर्वोः (carvóḥ)	चरुषु (carúṣu)
vocative	चरो (cáro)	चरू (cárū)	चरवः (cáravaḥ)

¹Vedic

Descendants

Prakrit: 𑀘𑀭𑀼 (caru)
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Hindustani: carū, caruā, caruī
      - Hindi: चरू, चरुआ, चरुई
      - Urdu: چَرُو (carū), چَرُءَا, چَرُءِی (caru'ī)
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Assamese: চৰু (soru), চৰিয়া (soria)
    - Bihari: चरुआ (caruā), चरुई (caruī)
- Northwestern:
  - Paisaci Prakrit:
    - Takka Apabhramsa:
      - Lahnda: چروی (carvī)
    - Vracada Apabhramsa:
      - Sindhi: carū
        Arabic script: چَرُو
        
        Devanagari script: चरू
        
        Kachchi: ચરૂઓ (carūo)
- Southern:
  - Maharastri Prakrit:
    - Marathi: चर्वी (ċarvī)
- Western:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Gujarati: ચરુ (caru), ચર્વી (carvī), ચરુડી (caruḍī)
→ Malayalam: ചരുവം (caruvaṁ)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “caru”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 254