कुठार

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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Unknown.

Turner and some earlier sources argue for a borrowing from Dravidian (compare modern Tamil குடாரி (kuṭāri, axe)). However, Burrow convincingly showed that the Dravidian terms cannot be original (due to unusual vowel length in the Tamil and Malayalam terms) and are likely borrowed or derived from Sanskrit.[1]

Proponents of Fortunatov's law have supported inheritance from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥tḗr, with Latin culter (butcher's knife) as a cognate. Burrow compares Sanskrit कुलिश (kuliśa, axe) as evidence for a root *kul-. However, the formation of the Indo-European source is unusual and the aspiration in the Sanskrit word is still unexplained.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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कुठार (kuṭhāra) stemm

  1. axe
  2. hoe, spade

Declension

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Masculine a-stem declension of कुठार (kuṭhāra)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कुठारः
kuṭhāraḥ
कुठारौ
kuṭhārau
कुठाराः
kuṭhārāḥ
Vocative कुठार
kuṭhāra
कुठारौ
kuṭhārau
कुठाराः
kuṭhārāḥ
Accusative कुठारम्
kuṭhāram
कुठारौ
kuṭhārau
कुठारान्
kuṭhārān
Instrumental कुठारेण
kuṭhāreṇa
कुठाराभ्याम्
kuṭhārābhyām
कुठारैः
kuṭhāraiḥ
Dative कुठाराय
kuṭhārāya
कुठाराभ्याम्
kuṭhārābhyām
कुठारेभ्यः
kuṭhārebhyaḥ
Ablative कुठारात्
kuṭhārāt
कुठाराभ्याम्
kuṭhārābhyām
कुठारेभ्यः
kuṭhārebhyaḥ
Genitive कुठारस्य
kuṭhārasya
कुठारयोः
kuṭhārayoḥ
कुठाराणाम्
kuṭhārāṇām
Locative कुठारे
kuṭhāre
कुठारयोः
kuṭhārayoḥ
कुठारेषु
kuṭhāreṣu

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Burrow, Thomas (1972) “A Reconsideration of Fortunatov's Law”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London[1], volume 35, number 3, page 540 of 531–545

Further reading

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