कपूर

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kə.puːɾ/, [kɐ.puːɾ]
• Rhymes: -uːɾ

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀽𑀭 (kappūra), from Sanskrit कर्पूर (karpū́ra). Doublet of काफ़ूर (kāfūr).

Noun

कपूर • (kapūr) m (Urdu spelling کَپُور)

1. camphor

Declension

Declension of कपूर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कपूर kapūr	कपूर kapūr
oblique	कपूर kapūr	कपूरों kapūrõ
vocative	कपूर kapūr	कपूरो kapūro

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Punjabi ਕਪੂਰ (kapūr).

Proper noun

कपूर • (kapūr) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling کَپُور)

1. a surname, Kapoor

Declension

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

Declension of कपूर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कपूर kapūr	कपूर kapūr
oblique	कपूर kapūr	कपूरों kapūrõ
vocative	कपूर kapūr	कपूरो kapūro

Declension of कपूर (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कपूर kapūr	कपूरें kapūrẽ
oblique	कपूर kapūr	कपूरों kapūrõ
vocative	कपूर kapūr	कपूरो kapūro

Further reading

• 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, 2025.
• 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

Etymology

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

कपूर (kapūra)

1. camphor

Descendants

• Hindustani: kapūr

  Hindi: कपूर

  Urdu: کَپُور (kapūr)

  • ⇒ Hindustani: kapūrī

    Hindi: कपूरी

    Urdu: کَپُورِی (kapūrī)

Further reading

• 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