Hindi

Adjective

दूर • ‎(dūr) ‎(Urdu spelling دور)

1. distant, far

   आपका कार्यालय यहाँ से कितनी दूर है।

   How far is your office from here?

   पृथ्वी से शनि बहुत दूर है।

   Saturn is very distant from the Earth.

2. away, off

   वह सौ मीटर दूर खड़ा था।

   He was standing a hundred meters away.

   इन लड़कों को खेत से दूर रखो।

   Keep these boys off the field.

Usage notes

दूर ‎(dūr) can be considered an adverb in the same sense as it is considered an adjective.

Noun

दूर • ‎(dūr) ‎(Urdu spelling دور)

1. distance, remoteness

   See दूरी ‎(dūrī) for more information.

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “दूर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “दूर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dweh₂ro- ‎(“long”). Cognate with Persian دور ‎(dūr), Latin dūrō ‎(“to last”) and Old Armenian երկար ‎(erkar, “long, extended”).

Adjective

दूर • ‎(dūra)

1. distant, far, long, remote

Noun

दूर • ‎(dūra) n

1. distance, remoteness
2. come from afar
3. long way back or from a remote period

Descendants

• Hindi: दूर ‎(dūr)
• Sinhalese: දුර ‎(dura)
• Telugu: దూరము ‎(dūramu)

References

“Sanskrit Dictionary for Spoken Sanskrit”, in (Please provide the title of the work), accessed 06-23-2012