चुम्बन

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʊm.bən/, [t͡ʃʊ̃m.bɐ̃n]

Noun

चुम्बन • (cumban) m (Urdu spelling چمبن)

1. Alternative form of चुंबन (cumban)

Declension

Declension of चुम्बन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चुम्बन cumban	चुम्बन cumban
oblique	चुम्बन cumban	चुम्बनों cumbanõ
vocative	चुम्बन cumban	चुम्बनो cumbano

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চুম্বন (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬸᬫ᭄ᬩᬦ (Balinese script)
• চুম্বন (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰲𑰦𑰿𑰤𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀩𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• စုမ္ဗန (Burmese script)
• ચુમ્બન (Gujarati script)
• ਚੁਮ੍ਬਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑍁𑌮𑍍𑌬𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂳𑂧𑂹𑂥𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಚುಮ್ಬನ (Kannada script)
• ចុម្ពន (Khmer script)
• ຈຸມ຺ພນ (Lao script)
• ചുമ്ബന (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᡠᠮᠪᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘳𑘦𑘿𑘤𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠤᠮᠪᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧔𑧆𑧠𑧄𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐸𑐩𑑂𑐧𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଚୁମ୍ବନ (Odia script)
• ꢗꢸꢪ꣄ꢨꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆶𑆩𑇀𑆧𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖲𑖦𑖿𑖤𑖡 (Siddham script)
• චුම‍්බන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩒𑩴 𑪙𑩲𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚰𑚢𑚶𑚠𑚝 (Takri script)
• சும்ப³ந (Tamil script)
• చుమ్బన (Telugu script)
• จุมฺพน (Thai script)
• ཙུ་མྦ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒳𑒧𑓂𑒥𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨃𑨢𑩇𑨠𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From चुम्ब् (cumb, “to kiss”, root) +‎ -अन (-ana).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕum.bɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕum.bɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

चुम्बन • (cumbana) stem, n

1. the act of kissing; a kiss

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of चुम्बन (cumbana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	चुम्बनम् cumbanam	चुम्बने cumbane	चुम्बनानि / चुम्बना¹ cumbanāni / cumbanā¹
Vocative	चुम्बन cumbana	चुम्बने cumbane	चुम्बनानि / चुम्बना¹ cumbanāni / cumbanā¹
Accusative	चुम्बनम् cumbanam	चुम्बने cumbane	चुम्बनानि / चुम्बना¹ cumbanāni / cumbanā¹
Instrumental	चुम्बनेन cumbanena	चुम्बनाभ्याम् cumbanābhyām	चुम्बनैः / चुम्बनेभिः¹ cumbanaiḥ / cumbanebhiḥ¹
Dative	चुम्बनाय cumbanāya	चुम्बनाभ्याम् cumbanābhyām	चुम्बनेभ्यः cumbanebhyaḥ
Ablative	चुम्बनात् cumbanāt	चुम्बनाभ्याम् cumbanābhyām	चुम्बनेभ्यः cumbanebhyaḥ
Genitive	चुम्बनस्य cumbanasya	चुम्बनयोः cumbanayoḥ	चुम्बनानाम् cumbanānām
Locative	चुम्बने cumbane	चुम्बनयोः cumbanayoḥ	चुम्बनेषु cumbaneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Related terms

• चुम्बति (cumbati)
• चुम्बक (cumbaka)
• चुम्बिन् (cumbin)
• चुम्बित (cumbita)
• चुम्ब (cumba)

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀘𑀼𑀁𑀩𑀡 (cuṃbaṇa)
• → Bengali: চুম্বন (cumbon)
• → Gujarati: ચુંબન (cumban)
• → Telugu: చుంబనము (cumbanamu)
• → Tulu: ಚುಂಬನ (cumbana)
• → Marathi: चुंबन (cumban) (learned)
• → Hindustani: (learned)

  Hindi: चुंबन (cumban)

  Urdu: چمبن (cumban)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “चुम्बन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 400, column 2.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cumbana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press