कपड़ा
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀟 (kappaḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit कर्पट (karpaṭa, “garment, rag”), part of which is from Munda. Cognate with Marathi कपडा (kapḍā), कापड (kāpaḍ), Bengali কাপড় (kapoṛ).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
कपड़ा • (kapṛā) m (Urdu spelling کَپْڑَا)
Declension edit
Declension of कपड़ा (masc ā-stem)
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “kapṛā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 165
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karpaṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press