कपोल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कपोल (kapola).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

कपोल • (kapol) m

1. (anatomy) cheek

   Synonyms: गाल (gāl), रुख़सार (ruxsār)

Declension

Declension of कपोल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कपोल kapol	कपोल kapol
oblique	कपोल kapol	कपोलों kapolõ
vocative	कपोल kapol	कपोलो kapolo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कपोल”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 785
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कपोल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 166

Old Awadhi

Noun

कपोल (kapola)

1. Devanagari script form of 𑂍𑂣𑂷𑂪 (“cheek”)
   • c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Rāmacaritamānasa :

     सरद मयंक बदन छबि सींवा ।
     चारु कपोल चिबुक दर ग्रीवा ॥

     sarada mayaṃka badana chabi sīṃvā.
     cāru kapola cibuka dara grīvā.

     The moon of the Sharad Purnima is the outline of the image of his face,
     Beautiful are his cheek and chin, and his neck is like the shankha.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• kapola (Latin script)
• 𑀓𑀧𑁄𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• কপোল (Bengali script)
• කපොල (Sinhalese script)
• ကပေါလ or ၵပေႃလ (Burmese script)
• กโปล or กะโปละ (Thai script)
• ᨠᨷᩮᩤᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ກໂປລ or ກະໂປລະ (Lao script)
• កបោល (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄛𑄮𑄣 (Chakma script)

Noun

कपोल m

1. Devanagari script form of kapola

Declension

Declension table of "कपोल" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	कपोलो (kapolo)	कपोला (kapolā)
Accusative (second)	कपोलं (kapolaṃ)	कपोले (kapole)
Instrumental (third)	कपोलेन (kapolena)	कपोलेहि (kapolehi) or कपोलेभि (kapolebhi)
Dative (fourth)	कपोलस्स (kapolassa) or कपोलाय (kapolāya) or कपोलत्थं (kapolatthaṃ)	कपोलानं (kapolānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	कपोलस्मा (kapolasmā) or कपोलम्हा (kapolamhā) or कपोला (kapolā)	कपोलेहि (kapolehi) or कपोलेभि (kapolebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	कपोलस्स (kapolassa)	कपोलानं (kapolānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	कपोलस्मिं (kapolasmiṃ) or कपोलम्हि (kapolamhi) or कपोले (kapole)	कपोलेसु (kapolesu)
Vocative (calling)	कपोल (kapola)	कपोला (kapolā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কপোল (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬧᭀᬮ (Balinese script)
• কপোল (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰢𑰺𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀧𑁄𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• ကပေါလ (Burmese script)
• કપોલ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਪੋਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌪𑍋𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦥꦺꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂣𑂷𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಪೋಲ (Kannada script)
• កបោល (Khmer script)
• ກໂປລ (Lao script)
• കപോല (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᢒᠣᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘢𑘻𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢒᠣᠸᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧂𑧜𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐥𑑀𑐮 (Newa script)
• କପୋଲ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢦꣂꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆥𑆾𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖢𑖺𑖩 (Siddham script)
• කපොල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩰𑩕𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚞𑚴𑚥 (Takri script)
• கபோல (Tamil script)
• కపోల (Telugu script)
• กโปล (Thai script)
• ཀ་པོ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒣𑒼𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨞𑨆𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Uncertain. Maybe borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kapVḷ or related to Old English hafela and Latin caput (“head”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.pɐw.lɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐˈpoː.l̪ɐ/

Noun

कपोल • (kapolá) stem, m

1. (anatomy) cheek

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:गल्ल

Declension

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

• Pali: kapola
• Prakrit: 𑀓𑀯𑁄𑀮 (kavola)
  • Apabhramsa: kavola

    Devanagari script: कवोल

    Sharada script: 𑆑𑆮𑆾𑆬

• → Hindi: कपोल (kapol)
• → Telugu: కపోలము (kapōlamu)

Further reading

• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “कपोल”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Monier Williams (1899) “कपोल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 251, column 2.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “कपोल”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 532
• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 16.