کپڑا

Urdu

Etymology

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Sanskrit कद्- (kad-)?

Proto-Indo-European *pel-der.?

Sanskrit पट (paṭa)?

Sanskrit कर्पट (karpaṭa)

Prakrit 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀟 (kappaḍa)

Urdu کپڑا

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀟 (kappaḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit कर्पट (karpaṭa, “garment, rag”). Cognate with Marathi कपडा (kapḍā), कापड (kāpaḍ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kəp.ɽɑː/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

کَپْڑَا • (kapṛā) m (Hindi spelling कपड़ा)

1. cloth
2. garment
3. clothing

Declension

Declension of کپڑا
	singular	plural
direct	کَپْڑا (kapṛā)	کَپْڑے (kapṛe)
oblique	کَپْڑے (kapṛe)	کَپْڑوں (kapṛõ)
vocative	کَپْڑے (kapṛe)	کَپْڑو (kapṛo)

References

• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کپڑا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karpaṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press