पुर پُر ♣ Eng. polis, Singapore

पुर پُر ♣ Eng. polis, Singapore

[pur], m. a town, city, village.

[←OIA púra- n. ‘fortress, town, gynaeceum’ MBh.; púr- f. ‘stronghold, rampart, wall made of mud and stones, fortification’ RV. ◀PIE *pel- ‘fenced settlement, stronghold’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. polis, police, policy, Singapore ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0234; (Turner, 1966) 8278; (MW, 1899) 0635; (Pokorny, 1959) 0798; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.145