# द्रु
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* দ্ৰু (Assamese script)
* ᬤ᭄ᬭᬸ (Balinese script)
* দ্রু (Bengali script)
* 𑰟𑰿𑰨𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀤𑁆𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
* ဒြု (Burmese script)
* દ્રુ (Gujarati script)
* ਦ੍ਰੁ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍁 (Grantha script)
* ꦢꦿꦸ (Javanese script)
* 𑂠𑂹𑂩𑂳 (Kaithi script)
* ದ್ರು (Kannada script)
* ទ្រុ (Khmer script)
* ທ຺ຣຸ (Lao script)
* ദ്രു (Malayalam script)
* ᡩᡵᡠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘟𑘿𑘨𑘳 (Modi script)
* ᢑᠷᠤ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦿𑧠𑧈𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐡𑑂𑐬𑐸 (Newa script)
* ଦ୍ରୁ (Odia script)
* ꢣ꣄ꢬꢸ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆢𑇀𑆫𑆶 (Sharada script)
* 𑖟𑖿𑖨𑖲 (Siddham script)
* ද්‍රු (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩭 𑪙𑩼𑩒 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚛𑚶𑚤𑚰 (Takri script)
* த்³ரு (Tamil script)
* ద్రు (Telugu script)
* ทฺรุ (Thai script)
* དྲུ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒠𑓂𑒩𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨛𑩇𑨫𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /dɾu/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /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)

##### 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 502, column 1.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “dā́ru-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 721

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *drew- (“to run”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎 (drauu, “to run”), and, outside of Indo-Iranian, possibly 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

##### Derived terms
###### Primary Verbal Forms

* द्रवति (drávati, Present)
* द्रवयते (dravayate, Present)
* द्रोष्यति (droṣyáti, Future)
* द्रोता (drotā́, Periphrastic Future)
* द्रूयात् (drūyā́t, Benedictive)
* दुद्राव (dudrā́va, Perfect)

###### Secondary Forms

* अद्रावि (ádrāvi, Passive Aorist)
* द्रावयति (drāváyati, Causative)
* अदुद्रुवत् (ádudruvat, Causative Aorist)
* द्राव्यते (drāvyate, Passive of Causative)
* दुद्रूषति (dudrūṣati, Desiderative)
* दोद्रूयते (dodrūyate, Intensive)
* दोद्रोति (dodroti, Intensive)
* दोद्राव (dodrāva, Intensive Perfect)

###### Non-Finite Forms

* द्रुत (drutá, Past Participle)
* द्रोतुम् (drotum, Infinitive)
* द्रुत्वा (drutvā́, Gerund)
* द्रुत्य (drútya, Gerund)

###### Derived Nominal Forms

* द्रव (dravá)
* द्रवत् (dravát)
* द्रवर (dravará)
* द्रवित्नु (dravitnú)
* द्राव (drāva)
* द्रावण (drāvaṇa)
* द्राविन् (drāvin)

###### Prefixed Root Forms

* अतिद्रु (atidru)
* अधिद्रु (adhidru)
* अनुद्रु (anudru)
* अपद्रु (apadru)
* अभिद्रु (abhidru)
* आद्रु (ādru)
* उद्द्रु (uddru)
* उपद्रु (upadru)
* निर्द्रु (nirdru)
* पराद्रु (parādru)
* परिद्रु (paridru)
* प्रद्रु (pradru)
* विद्रु (vidru)
* संद्रु (saṃdru)

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “द्रु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 502, column 1.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 80
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “dru”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “DRAV”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 755-6
* Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “drav”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 181
* Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*drau²”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 77-8