कर्पूर

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कर्पूर (karpū́ra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kəɾ.puːɾ/, [kɐɾ.puːɾ]

Noun

कर्पूर • (karpūr) m (Urdu spelling کَرْپُور)

1. Synonym of कपूर (kapūr, “camphor”)

Declension

Declension of कर्पूर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कर्पूर karpūr	कर्पूर karpūr
oblique	कर्पूर karpūr	कर्पूरों karpūrõ
vocative	कर्पूर karpūr	कर्पूरो karpūro

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कर्पूर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कर्पूर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “कर्पूर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “कर्पूर”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কৰ্পূৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬃᬧᬹᬭ (Balinese script)
• কর্পূর (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰨𑰿𑰢𑰳𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀭𑁆𑀧𑀽𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ကရ်္ပူရ (Burmese script)
• કર્પૂર (Gujarati script)
• ਕਰੑਪੂਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌪𑍂𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦂꦥꦹꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂩𑂹𑂣𑂴𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಕರ್ಪೂರ (Kannada script)
• កប៌ូរ (Khmer script)
• ກຣ຺ປູຣ (Lao script)
• കര്പൂര (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᡵᢒᡠᡠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘨𑘿𑘢𑘴𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᠷᢒᠤᠤᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧈𑧠𑧂𑧕𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐬𑑂𑐥𑐹𑐬 (Newa script)
• କର୍ପୂର (Odia script)
• ꢒꢬ꣄ꢦꢹꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆫𑇀𑆥𑆷𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖨𑖿𑖢𑖳𑖨 (Siddham script)
• කර්‍පූර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩼 𑪙𑩰𑩒𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚤𑚶𑚞𑚱𑚤 (Takri script)
• கர்பூர (Tamil script)
• కర్పూర (Telugu script)
• กรฺปูร (Thai script)
• ཀ་རྤཱུ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒩𑓂𑒣𑒴𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨫𑩇𑨞𑨃𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably of Austroasiatic origin. Alternatively a borrowing from Proto-Malayic *kapur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qapuʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *qapuʀ (“lime, calcium”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.púː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kɐɾˈpuː.ɾɐ/

Noun

कर्पूर • (karpū́ra) stem, m or n

1. camphor

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कर्पूर (karpū́ra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कर्पूरः karpū́raḥ	कर्पूरौ / कर्पूरा¹ karpū́rau / karpū́rā¹	कर्पूराः / कर्पूरासः¹ karpū́rāḥ / karpū́rāsaḥ¹
Vocative	कर्पूर kárpūra	कर्पूरौ / कर्पूरा¹ kárpūrau / kárpūrā¹	कर्पूराः / कर्पूरासः¹ kárpūrāḥ / kárpūrāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कर्पूरम् karpū́ram	कर्पूरौ / कर्पूरा¹ karpū́rau / karpū́rā¹	कर्पूरान् karpū́rān
Instrumental	कर्पूरेण karpū́reṇa	कर्पूराभ्याम् karpū́rābhyām	कर्पूरैः / कर्पूरेभिः¹ karpū́raiḥ / karpū́rebhiḥ¹
Dative	कर्पूराय karpū́rāya	कर्पूराभ्याम् karpū́rābhyām	कर्पूरेभ्यः karpū́rebhyaḥ
Ablative	कर्पूरात् karpū́rāt	कर्पूराभ्याम् karpū́rābhyām	कर्पूरेभ्यः karpū́rebhyaḥ
Genitive	कर्पूरस्य karpū́rasya	कर्पूरयोः karpū́rayoḥ	कर्पूराणाम् karpū́rāṇām
Locative	कर्पूरे karpū́re	कर्पूरयोः karpū́rayoḥ	कर्पूरेषु karpū́reṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of कर्पूर (karpū́ra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कर्पूरम् karpū́ram	कर्पूरे karpū́re	कर्पूराणि / कर्पूरा¹ karpū́rāṇi / karpū́rā¹
Vocative	कर्पूर kárpūra	कर्पूरे kárpūre	कर्पूराणि / कर्पूरा¹ kárpūrāṇi / kárpūrā¹
Accusative	कर्पूरम् karpū́ram	कर्पूरे karpū́re	कर्पूराणि / कर्पूरा¹ karpū́rāṇi / karpū́rā¹
Instrumental	कर्पूरेण karpū́reṇa	कर्पूराभ्याम् karpū́rābhyām	कर्पूरैः / कर्पूरेभिः¹ karpū́raiḥ / karpū́rebhiḥ¹
Dative	कर्पूराय karpū́rāya	कर्पूराभ्याम् karpū́rābhyām	कर्पूरेभ्यः karpū́rebhyaḥ
Ablative	कर्पूरात् karpū́rāt	कर्पूराभ्याम् karpū́rābhyām	कर्पूरेभ्यः karpū́rebhyaḥ
Genitive	कर्पूरस्य karpū́rasya	कर्पूरयोः karpū́rayoḥ	कर्पूराणाम् karpū́rāṇām
Locative	कर्पूरे karpū́re	कर्पूरयोः karpū́rayoḥ	कर्पूरेषु karpū́reṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Terms inherited from कर्पूर (karpū́ra)

• Pali: kappura
• Prakrit: 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀽𑀭 (kappūra)

  Helu Prakrit:

  • Sinhalese: කපුරු (kapuru)

  Magadhi Prakrit:

  • Odia: କପୂର (kôpurô)
  • Maithili:

    Devanagari script: कपूर (kapūr)

    Tirhuta script: 𑒏𑒣𑒴𑒩 (kapūra)

  Maharastri Prakrit:

  • Konkani: kāpūr

    Devanagari script: कापूर

    Kannada script: ಕಾಪೂರ್

    Latin script: kapur

  • Old Marathi: kāpura

    Devanagari script: कापुर

    Modi script: 𑘎𑘰𑘢𑘳𑘨

    • Marathi: कापूर (kāpūr)

  Paisaci Prakrit:

  • Takka Apabhramsa:
    • Old Punjabi: ਕਪੂਰੁ (kapūru)
      • Punjabi: kapūr

        Gurmukhi script: ਕਪੂਰ

        Shahmukhi script: کَپُور

  • Vracada Apabhramsa:
    • Sindhi:

      Arabic script: ڪَپوُرُ

      Devanagari script: कपूरु

  Sauraseni Prakrit:

  • Gurjar Apabhramsa:
    • Old Gujarati: कपूरि (kapūri, instrumental singular)

      Gujarati: કપૂર (kapūr)

      Marwari: कपूर (kapūr)

  • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
    • Old Hindi: कपूर (kapūra)
      • Hindustani: kapūr

        Hindi: कपूर

        Urdu: کَپُور (kapūr)

        • ⇒ Hindustani: kapūrī

          Hindi: कपूरी

          Urdu: کَپُورِی (kapūrī)

Learned borrowings from कर्पूर (karpū́ra)

• Assamese: কৰ্পূৰ (korpur)
• Bengali: কর্পূর (korpur)
• Burmese: ပရုတ် (pa.rut)
  • → Shan: ပရုၵ်ႈ (pǎ rūk)
  • → Shan: ၽရူၵ်ႈ (phǎ rūuk)
  • → Jingpho: payuk
• Old Gujarati: कर्पूरि (karpūri, instrumental singular)
  • Gujarati: કર્પૂર (karpūr)
• Hindustani: karpūr

  Hindi: कर्पूर

  Urdu: کَرْپُور (karpūr)

• Kannada: ಕರ್ಪೂರ (karpūra)
• Khmer: កប៌ូរ (kaabou)
• Maithili:

  Devanagari script: कर्पूर (karpūr)

  Tirhuta script: 𑒏𑒩𑓂𑒣𑒴𑒩 (karpūra)

• Malayalam: കർപ്പൂരം (kaṟppūraṁ)
• Manipuri: ꯀꯔꯄꯨꯔ (karapoora)
• Old Marathi: karpura

  Devanagari script: कर्पुर

  Modi script: 𑘎𑘨𑘿𑘢𑘳𑘨

  • Marathi: कर्पूर (karpūr)
• Odia: କର୍ପୂର (kôrpurô)
• Sinhalese: කර්‍පූර (karpūra)
• Tamil: கற்பூரம் (kaṟpūram)
• Telugu: కర్పూరము (karpūramu)
• Thai: การบูร (gaa-rá-buun)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “कर्पूर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 258.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “karpūra”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “कर्पूर”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “कर्पूर”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press