ध्रुव

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰruwás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰruwás (“fixed, firm, strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰru-wó-s, from *dʰer-us ~ *dʰr-éws + *-wós, from *dʰer- (“to support, hold”) +‎ *-us. Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀‎ (druua), Old Persian 𐎯𐎽𐎺 (duruva, “firm, certain”), Persian درست‎ (dorost, “healthy”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱɽu.ʋɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ʱɽu.ʋɐ/

ध्रुव • (dhruvá) m

1. fixed, immovable
2. firm, stable
3. certain, sure, wis

   मृतस्य जन्म ध्रुवम् ― mṛtasya janma dhruvam ― for the dead life (ie, reincarnation) is certain

• → Bengali: ধ্রুব (dhrubo) (tatsama)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀥𑀼𑀯 (dhuva)
• Pali: dhuva
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀥𑀼𑀯 (dhuva)
  • Hindi: धुव (dhuv), धू (dhū) (obsolete)

ध्रुव • (dhruvá) m

1. the celestial pole, the axis mundi
2. a knot

• ध्रुवक्षेम (dhruvakṣema, “firmly fixed, immovable”)
• ध्रुवगति (dhruvagati, “a firm position”)
• ध्रुववक (dhruvavaka, “the unchangeable longitude of fixed stars”)
• ध्रौव्य (dhrauvya, “fixedness, firmness”)

• → English: Dhruva

• Monier Williams (1899), “ध्रुव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 521-522.