कपूर
Hindi edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀽𑀭 (kappūra), from Sanskrit कर्पूर (karpū́ra). Doublet of काफ़ूर (kāfūr).
Noun edit
कपूर • (kapūr) m (Urdu spelling کَپُور)
Declension edit
Declension of कपूर (masc cons-stem)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Punjabi ਕਪੂਰ (kapūr).
Proper noun edit
कपूर • (kapūr) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling کَپُور)
Declension edit
NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.
Declension of कपूर (masc cons-stem)
Declension of कपूर (fem cons-stem)
Further reading edit
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कपूर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कपूर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- “कपूर”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “कपूर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kapūr”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Old Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀽𑀭 (kappūra), from Sanskrit कर्पूर (karpū́ra). Compare Old Punjabi ਕਪੂਰੁ (kapūru), Old Gujarati कपूरि (kapūri, instrumental singular), Old Marathi 𑘎𑘰𑘢𑘳𑘨 (kāpura).
Noun edit
कपूर (kapūra)
Descendants edit
- Hindustani: kapūr
Further reading edit
- Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 525
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karpūˊra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 146