कुआँ

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Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi कुआ (kuā), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀽𑀯𑀅 (kūvaa), 𑀓𑀽𑀯𑀕 (kūvaga), from Sanskrit कूपक (kūpaka) (see कूप (kūpa)),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *kewp-.[2] Doublet of कप (kap, “cup”).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /kʊ.ɑ̃ː/,

Noun

कुआँ • (kuā̃) m (Urdu spelling کنواں)

  1. well (hole in the ground for fetching water)

Declension

Declension of कुआँ (masc ind ā̃-stem)
singular plural
direct कुआँ
kuā̃ 		कुएँ
kuẽ
oblique कुएँ
kuẽ 		कुओं
kuõ
vocative कुएँ
kuẽ 		कुओं
kuõ

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kū́pa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. ^ Misra, Bal Govind (1967) Historical Phonology of Modern Standard Hindi: Proto-Indo-European to the Present, Cornell University, page 208
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