कुम्भ
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kʰumbʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰumbʰás. Cognate with Avestan 𐬑𐬎𐬨𐬠𐬀 (xumba), Tajik хум (xum), Yagnobi [script needed] (humb).
Noun
कुम्भ • (kumbhá) m
- a jar, pitcher, water-pot, ewer, small water-jar.
- an urn in which the bones of a dead person are collected.
- (astrology, astronomy) The sign of the zodiac Aquarius.
- a measure of grain (equal to twenty द्रोणs, a little more than three bushels and three gallons ; commonly called a comb ; some make it two द्रोणs or sixty-four Seers).
- the frontal globe or prominence on the upper part of the forehead of an elephant (there are two of these prominences which swell in the rutting season).
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of कुम्भ (kumbhá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | कुम्भः kumbháḥ |
कुम्भौ kumbhaú |
कुम्भाः / कुम्भासः¹ kumbhā́ḥ / kumbhā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | कुम्भ kúmbha |
कुम्भौ kúmbhau |
कुम्भाः / कुम्भासः¹ kúmbhāḥ / kúmbhāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | कुम्भम् kumbhám |
कुम्भौ kumbhaú |
कुम्भान् kumbhā́n |
| Instrumental | कुम्भेन kumbhéna |
कुम्भाभ्याम् kumbhā́bhyām |
कुम्भैः / कुम्भेभिः¹ kumbhaíḥ / kumbhébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | कुम्भाय kumbhā́ya |
कुम्भाभ्याम् kumbhā́bhyām |
कुम्भेभ्यः kumbhébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | कुम्भात् kumbhā́t |
कुम्भाभ्याम् kumbhā́bhyām |
कुम्भेभ्यः kumbhébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | कुम्भस्य kumbhásya |
कुम्भयोः kumbháyoḥ |
कुम्भानाम् kumbhā́nām |
| Locative | कुम्भे kumbhé |
कुम्भयोः kumbháyoḥ |
कुम्भेषु kumbhéṣu |
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