Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कुमार (kumāra).
कुमार • (kumār) m (feminine कुमारी)
कुमार • (kumār) m
Of uncertain origin.
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ku-ma- (“tender, young”) (with *ku denoting "small and weak") and cognate with Persian کودک (kudak, “child”), deriving further from a hypothetical Proto-Indo-European *ku-mo- (“small, weak”) and possibly connected to Ancient Greek σκύμνος (skúmnos, “cub, whelp”), Lithuanian kumẽlė (“mare”), and Latvian kumeļš (“foal”).
Another theory takes the word as a compound of कु- (ku-, “intensifying prefix”) + a form of म्लै (mlai, “to fade, wither, decay, be languid or exhausted”).
Finally, Kuiper considers the word as borrowed from Dravidian.
कुमार • (kumārá) stem, m
Used as another name for कार्त्तिकेय (kārttikeya, “Hindu god of war”).
| Masculine a-stem declension of कुमार (kumārá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | कुमारः kumāráḥ |
कुमारौ / कुमारा¹ kumāraú / kumārā́¹ |
कुमाराः / कुमारासः¹ kumārā́ḥ / kumārā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | कुमार kúmāra |
कुमारौ / कुमारा¹ kúmārau / kúmārā¹ |
कुमाराः / कुमारासः¹ kúmārāḥ / kúmārāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | कुमारम् kumārám |
कुमारौ / कुमारा¹ kumāraú / kumārā́¹ |
कुमारान् kumārā́n |
| Instrumental | कुमारेण kumāréṇa |
कुमाराभ्याम् kumārā́bhyām |
कुमारैः / कुमारेभिः¹ kumāraíḥ / kumārébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | कुमाराय kumārā́ya |
कुमाराभ्याम् kumārā́bhyām |
कुमारेभ्यः kumārébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | कुमारात् kumārā́t |
कुमाराभ्याम् kumārā́bhyām |
कुमारेभ्यः kumārébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | कुमारस्य kumārásya |
कुमारयोः kumāráyoḥ |
कुमाराणाम् kumārā́ṇām |
| Locative | कुमारे kumāré |
कुमारयोः kumāráyoḥ |
कुमारेषु kumāréṣu |
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