कूर्म
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬓᬹᬃᬫ (Balinese script)
- কূৰ্ম (Assamese script)
- কূর্ম (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰳𑰨𑰿𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀽𑀭𑁆𑀫 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌕𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌮 (Grantha script)
- કૂર્મ (Gujarati script)
- ਕੂਰੑਮ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦏꦹꦂꦩ (Javanese script)
- កូម៌ (Khmer script)
- ಕೂರ್ಮ (Kannada script)
- ກູຣ຺ມ (Lao script)
- കൂര്മ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘎𑘴𑘨𑘿𑘦 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠤᠤᠷᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᡬᡠᡠᡵᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
- ကူရ်္မ (Burmese script)
- 𑦮𑧕𑧈𑧠𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐹𑐬𑑂𑐩 (Newa script)
- କୂର୍ମ (Odia script)
- ꢒꢹꢬ꣄ꢪ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆷𑆫𑇀𑆩 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖳𑖨𑖿𑖦 (Siddham script)
- කූර්ම (Sinhalese script)
- கூர்ம (Tamil script)
- కూర్మ (Telugu script)
- กูรฺม (Thai script)
- ཀཱུ་རྨ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒴𑒩𑓂𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
Given the unusual word structure and the semantic domain, probably a substrate loanword. Might be from the same family of words relating to "curved objects" with a ku- prefix as कुम्भ "water pot, pot"; कुण्ड or कुण्डी"water pot, pot"; कुम्बीर "crocodile"; कश्यप "tortoise, turtle"; कुष्माण्ड "pumpkin"; कूप "well"; कुब्ज "humpbacked"; and कलश "pitcher".
Noun
कूर्म • (kūrma) stem, m
- a tortoise, turtle
- the earth considered as a tortoise swimming on the waters
- a particular figure or intertwining of the fingers (mudra)
- one of the outer winds of the body (causing the closing of the eyes)
- (Hinduism) Vishnu's second incarnation (descent in the form of a tortoise to support the mountain मन्दर (mandara) at the churning of the ocean)
Declension
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