कुल

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Hindi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit कुल (kula).

Noun

कुल (kulm (Urdu spelling کل)

  1. community, kinship group
  2. lineage, dynasty
  3. large group, herd
  4. (taxonomy) family
Declension

Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Classical Persian کُلّ (kull), from Arabic كُلّ (kull).

    Noun

    कुल (kulm (Urdu spelling کل)

    1. total, sum
    Declension

    Adverb

    कुल (kul) (Urdu spelling کل)

    1. in total

    Pali

    Alternative forms

    Noun

    कुल n

    1. Devanagari script form of kula (clan)

    Declension

    Sanskrit

    Alternative scripts

    Etymology

    Possibly related to Sogdian 𐼴𐼸𐼰𐼴𐽀 (wkʾwr, kinsman), Northern Kurdish kurr (son, boy), Ossetian игурд (igurd, to be born; exist), Hittite (kurka-, foal, colt), ultimately of unknown origin.[1][2]

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    कुल (kúla) stemn

    1. family
    2. tribe
    3. clan
    4. caste
    5. race
    6. flock
    7. herd
    8. house
    9. community
    10. country
    11. head
    12. the union of Shiva and Shakti, god and goddess, power and consciousness

    Declension

    Neuter a-stem declension of कुल (kúla)
    Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative कुलम्
    kúlam
    कुले
    kúle
    कुलानि / कुला¹
    kúlāni / kúlā¹
    Vocative कुल
    kúla
    कुले
    kúle
    कुलानि / कुला¹
    kúlāni / kúlā¹
    Accusative कुलम्
    kúlam
    कुले
    kúle
    कुलानि / कुला¹
    kúlāni / kúlā¹
    Instrumental कुलेन
    kúlena
    कुलाभ्याम्
    kúlābhyām
    कुलैः / कुलेभिः¹
    kúlaiḥ / kúlebhiḥ¹
    Dative कुलाय
    kúlāya
    कुलाभ्याम्
    kúlābhyām
    कुलेभ्यः
    kúlebhyaḥ
    Ablative कुलात्
    kúlāt
    कुलाभ्याम्
    kúlābhyām
    कुलेभ्यः
    kúlebhyaḥ
    Genitive कुलस्य
    kúlasya
    कुलयोः
    kúlayoḥ
    कुलानाम्
    kúlānām
    Locative कुले
    kúle
    कुलयोः
    kúlayoḥ
    कुलेषु
    kúleṣu
    Notes
    • ¹Vedic

    Derived terms

    Noun

    कुल (kula) stemm

    1. leader
    2. chief
    3. headmaster

    Declension

    Masculine a-stem declension of कुल (kúla)
    Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative कुलः
    kúlaḥ
    कुलौ / कुला¹
    kúlau / kúlā¹
    कुलाः / कुलासः¹
    kúlāḥ / kúlāsaḥ¹
    Vocative कुल
    kúla
    कुलौ / कुला¹
    kúlau / kúlā¹
    कुलाः / कुलासः¹
    kúlāḥ / kúlāsaḥ¹
    Accusative कुलम्
    kúlam
    कुलौ / कुला¹
    kúlau / kúlā¹
    कुलान्
    kúlān
    Instrumental कुलेन
    kúlena
    कुलाभ्याम्
    kúlābhyām
    कुलैः / कुलेभिः¹
    kúlaiḥ / kúlebhiḥ¹
    Dative कुलाय
    kúlāya
    कुलाभ्याम्
    kúlābhyām
    कुलेभ्यः
    kúlebhyaḥ
    Ablative कुलात्
    kúlāt
    कुलाभ्याम्
    kúlābhyām
    कुलेभ्यः
    kúlebhyaḥ
    Genitive कुलस्य
    kúlasya
    कुलयोः
    kúlayoḥ
    कुलानाम्
    kúlānām
    Locative कुले
    kúle
    कुलयोः
    kúlayoḥ
    कुलेषु
    kúleṣu
    Notes
    • ¹Vedic

    Descendants

    • Hindustani:
      • Hindi: कुल (kul)
      • Urdu: کل (kul)
    • Pali: kula

    References

    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “kúla-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 372-373
    2. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*k(a)ur ?”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 250-251

    Further reading

    • Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “kula”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.