कुटुम्ब

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কুটুম্ব (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬸᬝᬸᬫ᭄ᬩ (Balinese script)
• কুটুম্ব (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰲𑰘𑰲𑰦𑰿𑰤 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀼𑀝𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀩 (Brahmi script)
• ကုဋုမ္ဗ (Burmese script)
• કુટુમ્બ (Gujarati script)
• ਕੁਟੁਮ੍ਬ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍁𑌟𑍁𑌮𑍍𑌬 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦸꦛꦸꦩ꧀ꦧ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂳𑂗𑂳𑂧𑂹𑂥 (Kaithi script)
• ಕುಟುಮ್ಬ (Kannada script)
• កុដុម្ព (Khmer script)
• ກຸຏຸມ຺ພ (Lao script)
• കുടുമ്ബ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᡠᢞᡠᠮᠪᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘳𑘘𑘳𑘦𑘿𑘤 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠤᢌᠤᠮᠪᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧔𑦸𑧔𑧆𑧠𑧄 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐸𑐚𑐸𑐩𑑂𑐧 (Newa script)
• କୁଟୁମ୍ବ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢸꢜꢸꢪ꣄ꢨ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆶𑆛𑆶𑆩𑇀𑆧 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖲𑖘𑖲𑖦𑖿𑖤 (Siddham script)
• කුටුම‍්බ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩒𑩦𑩒𑩴 𑪙𑩲 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚰𑚔𑚰𑚢𑚶𑚠 (Takri script)
• குடும்ப³ (Tamil script)
• కుటుమ్బ (Telugu script)
• กุฏุมฺพ (Thai script)
• ཀུ་ཊུ་མྦ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒳𑒙𑒳𑒧𑓂𑒥 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨃𑨔𑨃𑨢𑩇𑨠 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, compare Gondi [script needed] (kuṛma, “hut, outhouse”), Tamil குடிமை (kuṭimai, “family, lineage, allegiance”) Related to कुटि (kuṭi, “a hut, cottage”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kú.ʈum.bɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kuˈʈum.bɐ/

Noun

कुटुम्ब • (kúṭumba) stem, n

1. a household, members of a household, family
2. the care of a family, housekeeping (hence metaphorically, care or anxiety about anything)

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of कुटुम्ब (kúṭumba)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कुटुम्बम् kúṭumbam	कुटुम्बे kúṭumbe	कुटुम्बानि / कुटुम्बा¹ kúṭumbāni / kúṭumbā¹
Vocative	कुटुम्ब kúṭumba	कुटुम्बे kúṭumbe	कुटुम्बानि / कुटुम्बा¹ kúṭumbāni / kúṭumbā¹
Accusative	कुटुम्बम् kúṭumbam	कुटुम्बे kúṭumbe	कुटुम्बानि / कुटुम्बा¹ kúṭumbāni / kúṭumbā¹
Instrumental	कुटुम्बेन kúṭumbena	कुटुम्बाभ्याम् kúṭumbābhyām	कुटुम्बैः / कुटुम्बेभिः¹ kúṭumbaiḥ / kúṭumbebhiḥ¹
Dative	कुटुम्बाय kúṭumbāya	कुटुम्बाभ्याम् kúṭumbābhyām	कुटुम्बेभ्यः kúṭumbebhyaḥ
Ablative	कुटुम्बात् kúṭumbāt	कुटुम्बाभ्याम् kúṭumbābhyām	कुटुम्बेभ्यः kúṭumbebhyaḥ
Genitive	कुटुम्बस्य kúṭumbasya	कुटुम्बयोः kúṭumbayoḥ	कुटुम्बानाम् kúṭumbānām
Locative	कुटुम्बे kúṭumbe	कुटुम्बयोः kúṭumbayoḥ	कुटुम्बेषु kúṭumbeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀓𑀼𑀟𑀼𑀁𑀩- (kuḍuṃba-)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: কুৰ্মা (kurma), কুইৰ্মা (kuirma)
  • Bengali: কুটুম (kuṭum), কুটুম (kuṭum)
• Hindi: कुड़मा (kuṛmā)

Borrowed terms

• Hindi: कुटुंब (kuṭumb)

• Kannada: ಕುಟುಂಬ (kuṭumba)

• Malayalam: കുടുംബം (kuṭumbaṁ)

• Tamil: குடும்பம் (kuṭumpam)

• Telugu: కుటుంబము (kuṭumbamu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कुटुम्ब”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 288/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 362