dūra (adj.) [Sk. dūra, Ved. duva (stirring, urging on), compar. davīyān, Av. dūrō (far), *dāu; cp. Ohg. zawen, Goth. taujan=E. do. Another form is *deṷā, far in respect to time, as in Gr. dh/n, dhro/n, Lat. dū – dum (cp. dū – rare=en – dure). See also dutiya & dūta] far, distant, remote, opp. āsanna (J ii.154) orsantika (Dhs 677; Vism 402). – PvA 117. Often in cpds. (see below), also as dūri˚, e. g. dūri – bhāva distance Vism 71, 377; DhsA 76. – Cases mostly used adverbially, viz. acc. dūraṃ far J ii.154; DhA i.192. – abl. dūrato from afar, aloof Vin i.15; ii.195; S i.212; Sn 511; Dh 219; J v.78 (dūra – dūrato); Miln 23; PvA 107. dūrato karoti to keep aloof from PvA 17. – loc. dūre at a distance, also as prep. away from, far from (c. abl.), e. g. Sn 468; J ii.155, 449 (=ārā); iii.189. – Sn 772; Dh 304; J vi.364; Dhs 677. – dūre – pātin one who shoots far [cp. Sk. dūra – pātin] A i.284; ii.170, 202. J iv.494. See also akkhaṇavedhin. – atidūre too far Vin ii.215.
– kantana at Th 1, 1123: the correct reading seems to be the v. l. durākantana, see ākantana; – gata gone far away Pv ii.134 (=paralokagata PvA 164); DhA iii.377 (durā˚). – (ŋ)gama far – going, going here & there Dh 37 (cp. DhA i.304); Pv ii.910; – ghuṭṭha farrenowned Pv ii.82; – vihāra ( – vuttin) living far away Sn 220.
dūra a. m. n. f. dūrā : lointain, distant, éloigné — n. éloignement, distance, longue route, grande durée.