As a deity name
Name 779 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
दुर्ग · masculine
fortress; castle, fort; citadel, stronghold; tower, chateau, bastille
Śabdasāgara also records: जिसमें पहुँचना कठिन हो । जहाँ जाना सहज न हो · जिसका समझना कठिन हो । दुर्बोध
Platts (p. 513) also records: (f. -ā), Difficult of access or approach, almost impassable or inaccessible, impenetrable, impervious; difficult of attainment, unattainable
Cited formation "दुर्ग" is दुर्- + ग: ग means "the third consonant in Hindi", and the prefix दुर्- forms evil, difficult. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(11) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi दुर्ग — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दुर्ग (durga).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
dur—ga See durga (p. 487).
durga mfn. (2. dur and √ gam) difficult of access or approach, impassable, unattainable, AV.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
difficult of access or approach, impassable, unattainable, &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "durga" is the vocative of "durgā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
dur—ga See durga (p. 487).
durga mfn. (2. dur and √ gam) difficult of access or approach, impassable, unattainable, AV.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
durga m. bdellium, L.
N. of an Asura (supposed to have been slain by the goddess Durgā, SkandaP.) and of sev. men (g. naḍādi, Pāṇ. iv, 1, 99), esp. of the commentator on Yāska's Nirukta
also abridged for durga-gupta, durgā-dāsa &c. (see below)
dur—gā See durgā (p. 487).
durgā f. See durgā
Alternative readings
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