कपूर

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Hindi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀽𑀭 (kappūra), from Sanskrit कर्पूर (karpū́ra). Doublet of काफ़ूर (kāfūr).

Noun

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कपूर • (kapūr) m (Urdu spelling کَپُور)

  1. camphor
Declension
Declension of कपूर (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct कपूर
kapūr 		कपूर
kapūr
oblique कपूर
kapūr 		कपूरों
kapūrõ
vocative कपूर
kapūr 		कपूरो
kapūro

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Punjabi ਕਪੂਰ (kapūr).

Proper noun

Wikipedia hi

कपूर • (kapūr) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling کَپُور)

  1. a surname, Kapoor
Declension

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

Declension of कपूर (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct कपूर
kapūr 		कपूर
kapūr
oblique कपूर
kapūr 		कपूरों
kapūrõ
vocative कपूर
kapūr 		कपूरो
kapūro
Declension of कपूर (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct कपूर
kapūr 		कपूरें
kapūrẽ
oblique कपूर
kapūr 		कपूरों
kapūrõ
vocative कपूर
kapūr 		कपूरो
kapūro

Further reading

Old Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀽𑀭 (kappūra), from Sanskrit कर्पूर (karpū́ra). Compare Old Punjabi ਕਪੂਰੁ (kapūru), Old Gujarati कपूरि (kapūri, instrumental singular), Old Marathi 𑘎𑘰𑘢𑘳𑘨 (kāpura).

Noun

कपूर (kapūra)

  1. camphor

Descendants

Further reading

  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 525
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karpūˊra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 146
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