कप्तान

Hindi

Possibly borrowed from Portuguese capitão,^[1] influenced by English captain.^[2]

कप्तान • (kaptān) m (Urdu spelling کَپْتان)

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931), “कप्तान”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner
^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “कप्तान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 166

Etymology tree

Portuguese capitãobor.?

English captaininflu.

Hindi कप्तान (kaptān)bor.

Nepali कप्तान

Borrowed from Hindi कप्तान (kaptān),^[1] possibly borrowed from Portuguese capitão, influenced by English captain.

कप्तान • (kaptān)

Declension of कप्तान
	Singular	Plural
nominative	कप्तान [kʌp̚t̪än]	कप्तानहरू [kʌp̚t̪änɦʌɾu]
accusative/dative	कप्तानलाई [kʌp̚t̪änläi]	कप्तानहरूलाई [kʌp̚t̪änɦʌɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	कप्तानले [kʌp̚t̪änle]	कप्तानहरूले [kʌp̚t̪änɦʌɾule]
ablative	कप्तानबाट [kʌp̚t̪ännoʈʌ]	कप्तानहरूबाट [kʌp̚t̪änɦʌɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	कप्तानको [kʌp̚t̪änko]	कप्तानहरूको [kʌp̚t̪änɦʌɾuko]
locative	कप्तानमा [kʌp̚t̪änmä]	कप्तानहरूमा [kʌp̚t̪änɦʌɾumä]

Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931), “कप्तान”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner