ਕੁਮ੍ਹ੍ਹਿਆਰੁ
Old Punjabi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀪𑀸𑀭 (kuṃbhāra), 𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀪𑀆𑀭 (kuṃbhaāra), from Sanskrit कुम्भकार (kumbhakāra). Cognate with Old Marathi 𑘎𑘳𑘽𑘥𑘰𑘨 (kuṃbhāra), Middle Bengali কুম্ভার (kumbhar).
Noun edit
ਕੁਮ੍ਹ੍ਹਿਆਰੁ (kumhiāru) m (Shahmukhi کُمِیَارُ)
- potter
- 1604, Guru Nanak, Ādi Granth ang 466:
- ਮਿਟੀ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ ਕੀ ਪੇੜੈ ਪਈ ਕੁਮ੍ਹ੍ਹਿਆਰ॥
- miṭī musalamāna kī peṛai paī kumhiāra.
- /miṭṭī musalmāna kī peṛai paī kumhiāra./
- 1972 translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
- The clay of the Muslim's grave becomes clay for the potter's wheel.
- ਮਿਟੀ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ ਕੀ ਪੇੜੈ ਪਈ ਕੁਮ੍ਹ੍ਹਿਆਰ॥
Descendants edit
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਕੁਮ੍ਹਿਆਰ (kumhiāra), ਘੁਮਿਆਰ (ghumiāra)
- Shahmukhi script: کُمْہِیَار
References edit
- Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਕੁਮ੍ਹ੍ਹਿਆਰੁ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 85.
- “ਕੁਮ੍ਹ੍ਹਿਆਰ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kumbhakāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 171