Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कपोल (kapola).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kə.poːl/, [kɐ.poːl]

Noun edit

कपोल (kapolm (Urdu spelling کپول)

  1. (formal, anatomy) cheek
    Synonyms: गाल (gāl), गल्ल (gall), रुख़सार (ruxsār)

Declension edit

Further reading edit

Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

कपोल m

  1. Devanagari script form of kapola

Declension edit

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain. Maybe Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kapVḷ[1] or related to Latin caput (head).[2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

कपोल (kapolá) stemm

  1. (anatomy) cheek
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:गल्ल

Declension edit

Masculine a-stem declension of कपोल (kapolá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कपोलः
kapoláḥ
कपोलौ / कपोला¹
kapolaú / kapolā́¹
कपोलाः / कपोलासः¹
kapolā́ḥ / kapolā́saḥ¹
Vocative कपोल
kápola
कपोलौ / कपोला¹
kápolau / kápolā¹
कपोलाः / कपोलासः¹
kápolāḥ / kápolāsaḥ¹
Accusative कपोलम्
kapolám
कपोलौ / कपोला¹
kapolaú / kapolā́¹
कपोलान्
kapolā́n
Instrumental कपोलेन
kapoléna
कपोलाभ्याम्
kapolā́bhyām
कपोलैः / कपोलेभिः¹
kapolaíḥ / kapolébhiḥ¹
Dative कपोलाय
kapolā́ya
कपोलाभ्याम्
kapolā́bhyām
कपोलेभ्यः
kapolébhyaḥ
Ablative कपोलात्
kapolā́t
कपोलाभ्याम्
kapolā́bhyām
कपोलेभ्यः
kapolébhyaḥ
Genitive कपोलस्य
kapolásya
कपोलयोः
kapoláyoḥ
कपोलानाम्
kapolā́nām
Locative कपोले
kapolé
कपोलयोः
kapoláyoḥ
कपोलेषु
kapoléṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kapola”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 303

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