kumbha

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha)

Noun

kumbha (plural kumbhas)

  1. A piece of Indian pottery symbolizing the womb and fertility.

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀓𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀪 (Brahmi script)
  • कुम्भ (Devanagari script)
  • কুম্ভ (Bengali script)
  • කුම‍්භ (Sinhalese script)
  • ကုမ္ဘ or ၵုမ္ꧤ or ၵုမ်ꧤ (Burmese script)
  • กุมฺภ or กุมภะ (Thai script)
  • ᨠᩩᨾ᩠ᨽ (Tai Tham script)
  • ກຸມ຺ຠ or ກຸມຠະ (Lao script)
  • កុម្ភ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄇𑄪𑄟𑄴𑄞 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha).

Noun

kumbha m

  1. water pot, pitcher

Declension
Declension table of "kumbha" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)kumbhokumbhā
Accusative (second)kumbhaṃkumbhe
Instrumental (third)kumbhenakumbhehi or kumbhebhi
Dative (fourth)kumbhassa or kumbhāya or kumbhatthaṃkumbhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)kumbhasmā or kumbhamhā or kumbhākumbhehi or kumbhebhi
Genitive (sixth)kumbhassakumbhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)kumbhasmiṃ or kumbhamhi or kumbhekumbhesu
Vocative (calling)kumbhakumbhā

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Burmese: ကုံ (kum) (or from Sanskrit)
  • → Khmer: កុម្ភៈ (komphĕəʼ)
  • → Thai: กุมภ์ (gum) (or from Sanskrit)

References

Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 212.

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