कर्पास

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কৰ্পাস (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬃᬧᬵᬲ (Balinese script)
• কর্পাস (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰨𑰿𑰢𑰯𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀭𑁆𑀧𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• ကရ်္ပါသ (Burmese script)
• કર્પાસ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਰ੍ਪਾਸ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌪𑌾𑌸 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦂꦥꦴꦱ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂩𑂹𑂣𑂰𑂮 (Kaithi script)
• ಕರ್ಪಾಸ (Kannada script)
• កប៌ាស (Khmer script)
• ກຣ຺ປາສ (Lao script)
• കര്പാസ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᡵᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘨𑘿𑘢𑘰𑘭 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᠷᢒᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧈𑧠𑧂𑧑𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐬𑑂𑐥𑐵𑐳 (Newa script)
• କର୍ପାସ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢬ꣄ꢦꢵꢱ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆫𑇀𑆥𑆳𑆱 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖨𑖿𑖢𑖯𑖭 (Siddham script)
• කර්‍පාස (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩼 𑪙𑩰𑩛𑪁 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚤𑚶𑚞𑚭𑚨 (Takri script)
• கர்பாஸ (Tamil script)
• కర్పాస (Telugu script)
• กรฺปาส (Thai script)
• ཀ་རྤཱ་ས (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒩𑓂𑒣𑒰𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨫𑩇𑨞𑨊𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

A foreign Wanderwort, likely borrowed from an eastern substrate. Compare Burushaski [script needed] (γupas), Proto-Austroasiatic *k-rn-pas, whence Proto-Mon-Khmer *kpaas․

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.pɑ́ː.sɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kɐɾˈpɑː.s̪ɐ/

Noun

कर्पास • (karpā́sa) stem, m or n

1. cotton, Gossypium arboreum (material and plant)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कर्पास (karpāsa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कर्पासः karpāsaḥ	कर्पासौ / कर्पासा¹ karpāsau / karpāsā¹	कर्पासाः / कर्पासासः¹ karpāsāḥ / karpāsāsaḥ¹
Vocative	कर्पास karpāsa	कर्पासौ / कर्पासा¹ karpāsau / karpāsā¹	कर्पासाः / कर्पासासः¹ karpāsāḥ / karpāsāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कर्पासम् karpāsam	कर्पासौ / कर्पासा¹ karpāsau / karpāsā¹	कर्पासान् karpāsān
Instrumental	कर्पासेन karpāsena	कर्पासाभ्याम् karpāsābhyām	कर्पासैः / कर्पासेभिः¹ karpāsaiḥ / karpāsebhiḥ¹
Dative	कर्पासाय karpāsāya	कर्पासाभ्याम् karpāsābhyām	कर्पासेभ्यः karpāsebhyaḥ
Ablative	कर्पासात् karpāsāt	कर्पासाभ्याम् karpāsābhyām	कर्पासेभ्यः karpāsebhyaḥ
Genitive	कर्पासस्य karpāsasya	कर्पासयोः karpāsayoḥ	कर्पासानाम् karpāsānām
Locative	कर्पासे karpāse	कर्पासयोः karpāsayoḥ	कर्पासेषु karpāseṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of कर्पास (karpāsa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कर्पासम् karpāsam	कर्पासे karpāse	कर्पासानि / कर्पासा¹ karpāsāni / karpāsā¹
Vocative	कर्पास karpāsa	कर्पासे karpāse	कर्पासानि / कर्पासा¹ karpāsāni / karpāsā¹
Accusative	कर्पासम् karpāsam	कर्पासे karpāse	कर्पासानि / कर्पासा¹ karpāsāni / karpāsā¹
Instrumental	कर्पासेन karpāsena	कर्पासाभ्याम् karpāsābhyām	कर्पासैः / कर्पासेभिः¹ karpāsaiḥ / karpāsebhiḥ¹
Dative	कर्पासाय karpāsāya	कर्पासाभ्याम् karpāsābhyām	कर्पासेभ्यः karpāsebhyaḥ
Ablative	कर्पासात् karpāsāt	कर्पासाभ्याम् karpāsābhyām	कर्पासेभ्यः karpāsebhyaḥ
Genitive	कर्पासस्य karpāsasya	कर्पासयोः karpāsayoḥ	कर्पासानाम् karpāsānām
Locative	कर्पासे karpāse	कर्पासयोः karpāsayoḥ	कर्पासेषु karpāseṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: کَپَس (kapas)
  • → Proto-Nuristani:
    • Kamkata-viri: karbeso
• Pali: kappāsa, kappāsī
• Prakrit: 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸𑀲 (kappāsa), 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸𑀲𑀻 (kappāsī)
  • Central:
    • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit:
      • Old Awadhi: कपास (kapās)
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸𑀲 (kappāsa)
      • Hindustani: kapās
        • Hindi: कपास
        • Urdu: کَپَاس (kapās)
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: কপাহ (kopah)
      • Bengali: কাপাস (kapaś)
      • Bihari: कपास (kapās)
        • Bhojpuri: कपास (kapās)
      • Odia: କପା (kôpa)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Central Pahari:
        • Kumaoni: कपास (kapās)
      • Eastern Pahari:
        • Nepali: कपास (kapās), कबास (kabās), कपासि (kapāsi)
  • Northwestern:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Lahnda: کپاہ (kapāh)
        • Punjabi: kapāh, kupāh

          Gurmukhi script: ਕਪਾਹ, ਕੁਪਾਹ

          Shahmukhi script: کَپَاہ, کُپَاہ

      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi: kapāha

          Arabic script: ڪَپَاهَ

          Devanagari script: कपाह

  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ކަފަ (kafa)
      • Sinhalese: කපු (kapu)
    • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸𑀲 (kappāsa)
      • Konkani: kāppūsa

        Devanagari script: काप्पूस

        Kannada script: ಕಾಪ್ಪೂಸ

        Latin script: kappus

      • Marathi: कपास (kapās), कापूस (kāpūs), कपशी (kapśī)
  • Western:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸𑀲 (kappāsa)
      • Gujarati: કપાસ (kapās)

Borrowed terms

• → Bengali: কর্পাস (korpaś)
• → Burushaski: gupáas
  • → Domaaki: gupā́sa
• → Persian: کَروَاس (karvâs), کرباس (karbâs), کرپاس (karpâs)
  • → Aramaic:

    Jewish Literary Aramaic: כרפסא (*karpāsā)

    Classical Syriac: ܟܪܒܣܐ (karbāsā)

    • → Arabic: كِرْبَاس (kirbās)
  • → Kalasha: کروس (kravas)
  • → Khowar: کروس (karvás)
  • → Shina: کھیاس (khayās)
• → Newar: कपाय् (kapæ)
• → Arabic: كُرْسُف (kursuf), كُرْفُس (kurfus)
  • → Ancient Greek: γοσσύπιον (gossúpion)
    • → Latin: gossypium
  • → Ottoman Turkish: كرسف (kırsef)
• → Old Armenian: կերպաս (kerpas) (via Iranian)
• → Middle Chinese: 古貝 (MC kuX pajH), 劫波育 (MC kjaep pa yuwk) (possibly via Prakrit)
• → Tocharian B: *kampās
• → Hebrew: כַּרְפַּס (karpás)
  • → Ancient Greek: κάρπᾰσος (kárpasos), κάλπᾰσος (kálpasos)
    • ⇒ Ancient Greek: καρπᾰ́σινος (karpásinos, “fabric made of cotton”)
    • → Latin: carbasus (“fabric of cotton”)
• → Malay: kapas
  • → Indonesian: kapas
• → Ilocano: kapas
• → Waray-Waray: gapas
• → Khmer: កប្បាស (kɑpbaah)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karpasa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 146
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 317-318
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 174-175