क्षुम्प

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

A term of unclear meaning. The meaning generally given in dictionaries for this term is "bush", particularly for the form क्षुप (kṣupa), and is generally connected to Iranian terms like Central Kurdish شیو (şîw, shrub, wood), Wakhi (šipk, shrub), and Persian چوب (čub, wood, stick).

However, it has been alternatively interpreted to mean "mushroom", particularly in the form क्षुम्प (kṣumpa). According to this theory, it would be related to a variety of words for mushroom and fungus across Europe and Asia, such as German Schwamm (sponge), Pashto غومبه (ǧumba, mushroom), and Sindhi कुम्भी (kumbhī, mushroom).

Pronunciation

Noun

क्षुम्प (kṣumpa) stemm

  1. a mushroom

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of क्षुम्प (kṣumpa)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative क्षुम्पः
kṣumpaḥ
क्षुम्पौ / क्षुम्पा¹
kṣumpau / kṣumpā¹
क्षुम्पाः / क्षुम्पासः¹
kṣumpāḥ / kṣumpāsaḥ¹
Vocative क्षुम्प
kṣumpa
क्षुम्पौ / क्षुम्पा¹
kṣumpau / kṣumpā¹
क्षुम्पाः / क्षुम्पासः¹
kṣumpāḥ / kṣumpāsaḥ¹
Accusative क्षुम्पम्
kṣumpam
क्षुम्पौ / क्षुम्पा¹
kṣumpau / kṣumpā¹
क्षुम्पान्
kṣumpān
Instrumental क्षुम्पेण
kṣumpeṇa
क्षुम्पाभ्याम्
kṣumpābhyām
क्षुम्पैः / क्षुम्पेभिः¹
kṣumpaiḥ / kṣumpebhiḥ¹
Dative क्षुम्पाय
kṣumpāya
क्षुम्पाभ्याम्
kṣumpābhyām
क्षुम्पेभ्यः
kṣumpebhyaḥ
Ablative क्षुम्पात्
kṣumpāt
क्षुम्पाभ्याम्
kṣumpābhyām
क्षुम्पेभ्यः
kṣumpebhyaḥ
Genitive क्षुम्पस्य
kṣumpasya
क्षुम्पयोः
kṣumpayoḥ
क्षुम्पाणाम्
kṣumpāṇām
Locative क्षुम्पे
kṣumpe
क्षुम्पयोः
kṣumpayoḥ
क्षुम्पेषु
kṣumpeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “क्षुम्प”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 331/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 435
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 292