𑘎𑘳𑘽𑘥𑘰𑘨

Marathi

Noun

𑘎𑘳𑘽𑘥𑘰𑘨 • (kumbhār) m

1. Modi script form of कुंभार

Old Marathi

Alternative forms

• 𑘎𑘳𑘦𑘿𑘮𑘰𑘨 (kumhāra)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀪𑀸𑀭 (kuṃbhāra), 𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀪𑀆𑀭 (kuṃbhaāra), from Sanskrit 𑘎𑘳𑘦𑘿𑘥𑘎𑘰𑘨 (kumbhakāra). Cognate with Old Punjabi ਕੁਮ੍ਹ੍ਹਿਆਰੁ (kumhiāru) / کُمِیَارُ, Middle Bengali কুম্ভার (kumbhar).

Noun

𑘎𑘳𑘽𑘥𑘰𑘨 (kuṃbhāra) m (Devanagari कुंभार)

1. potter

   Synonym: 𑘎𑘳𑘩𑘰𑘯 (kulāḷa)

   • 1290, Jñāneśvar, Jñāneśvarī (Rājvāḍe edition) 18.424:

     𑘡𑘰𑘡𑘰 𑘓𑘰𑘽𑘎𑘲𑘽 𑘥𑘰𑘽𑘚𑘹𑘽 𑘕𑘰𑘩𑘹𑘽𑙁 𑘝𑘹𑘽 𑘎𑘳𑘽𑘥𑘰𑘨𑘹𑘽 𑘢𑘨𑘼𑘝𑘹𑘽 𑘡𑘹𑘩𑘹𑘽𑙁
     𑘝𑘨𑘿‍𑘮𑘲𑘽 𑘥𑘪𑘹 𑘓𑘲 𑘝𑘹𑘽 𑘦𑘰𑘐𑘲𑘩𑘹𑘽𑙁 𑘥𑘪𑘽𑘚𑘲𑘩𑘹𑘢𑘜𑘹𑘽𑙂

     nānā cāṃkīṃ bhāṃḍeṃ jāleṃ. teṃ kuṃbhāreṃ parauteṃ neleṃ.
     tar‍hīṃ bhave cī teṃ māgīleṃ. bhavaṃḍīlepaṇeṃ.

     • 1948 translation by Vittal Ganesh Pradhan

       When a potter removes from his wheel the vessel which he has made,
       the wheel continues revolving with the force of its spinning.

Descendants

• Marathi: kumbhār

  Devanagari script: कुंभार

  Modi script: 𑘎𑘳𑘽𑘥𑘰𑘨

• Varhadi: kumbhār

  Devanagari script: कुंभार

  Modi script: 𑘎𑘳𑘽𑘥𑘰𑘨

• → Old Kannada: ಕುಂಬಾಱ (kumbāṟa)
  • Kannada: ಕುಂಬಾರ (kumbāra)
• → Telugu: కుమ్మర (kummara)
• → Tulu: ಕುಂಬಾರ (kumbāra)

Further reading

• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “कुंभार”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999, page 164.
• Panse, Murlidhar Gajanan (1953) “कुंभार”, in Linguistic Peculiarities of Jñāneśvarī, Poona: Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, page 276, column 1.
• वेलिंगकर, रामचंद्र नारायण [Velingkar, Ramchandra Narayan] (1959) ज्ञानेश्वरीचें शब्द-भांडार [Lexicon of the Dnyaneshwari] (in Marathi), मुंबई [Mumbai]: मराठी संशोधन मंडळ [Marathi Sanshodhan Mandal], page 116, column 1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kumbhakāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 171

Varhadi

Noun

𑘎𑘳𑘽𑘥𑘰𑘨 (kumbhār) m

1. Modi script form of कुंभार