kumbha

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha)

Noun

kumbha (plural kumbhas)

1. A piece of Indian pottery symbolizing the womb and fertility.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀓𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀪 (Brahmi script)
• कुम्भ (Devanagari script)
• কুম্ভ (Bengali script)
• කුම‍්භ (Sinhalese script)
• ကုမ္ဘ or ၵုမ္ꧤ or ၵုမ်ꧤ (Burmese script)
• กุมฺภ or กุมภะ (Thai script)
• ᨠᩩᨾ᩠ᨽ (Tai Tham script)
• ກຸມ຺ຠ or ກຸມຠະ (Lao script)
• កុម្ភ (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄪𑄟𑄴𑄞 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha).

Noun

kumbha m

1. water pot, pitcher

Declension

Declension table of "kumbha" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	kumbho	kumbhā
Accusative (second)	kumbhaṃ	kumbhe
Instrumental (third)	kumbhena	kumbhehi or kumbhebhi
Dative (fourth)	kumbhassa or kumbhāya or kumbhatthaṃ	kumbhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	kumbhasmā or kumbhamhā or kumbhā	kumbhehi or kumbhebhi
Genitive (sixth)	kumbhassa	kumbhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	kumbhasmiṃ or kumbhamhi or kumbhe	kumbhesu
Vocative (calling)	kumbha	kumbhā

Derived terms

• kumbhakāra (“potter”)

Descendants

• → Burmese: ကုံ (kum) (or from Sanskrit)
• → Khmer: កុម្ភៈ (komphĕəʼ)
• → Thai: กุมภ์ (gum) (or from Sanskrit)

References

Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 212.