कुम्भ

कुम्भ m

1. Devanagari script form of kumbha (“water pot”)

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From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kumbʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰumbʰás. Cognate with Avestan 𐬑𐬎𐬨𐬠𐬀‎ (xumba), Tajik хум (xum), Yagnobi [script needed] (humb).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kum.bʱɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkum.bʱɐ/

कुम्भ • (kumbhá) stem, m

1. a jar, pitcher, water-pot, ewer, small water-jar
2. an urn in which the bones of a dead person are collected
3. (astrology, astronomy) The sign of the zodiac Aquarius
4. a measure of grain (equal to twenty द्रोणs, a little more than three bushels and three gallons ; commonly called a comb ; some make it two द्रोणs or sixty-four Seers)
5. the frontal globe or prominence on the upper part of the forehead of an elephant (there are two of these prominences which swell in the rutting season)

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• करिकुम्भ (karikumbha)
• कुम्भकार (kumbhakāra)

• Niya Prakrit: 𐨐𐨂𐨎𐨦‎ (kuṃba)
• Pali: kumbha
  • → Burmese: ကုံ (kum) (or directly from Sanskrit)
  • → Khmer: កុម្ភៈ (komphĕəʼ)
  • → Thai: กุมภ์ (gum) (or directly from Sanskrit)
• Prakrit: kuṃbha

  Brahmi script: 𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀪

  Devanagari script: कुंभ

  Kannada script: ಕುಂಭ

  • Old Marathi: kuṃbha

    Devanagari script: कुंभ

    Modi script: 𑘎𑘳𑘽𑘥

    • Marathi: कुंभ (kumbha)

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kumbhá¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 170