कुम्हड़ा

Hindi

Etymology

From , ultimately from a substrate language. The Middle Indo-Aryan word was hypercorrected into Sanskrit कुष्माण्ड (kuṣmāṇḍa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kʊm.ɦə.ɽɑː/, [kʊ̃m.ɦɐ.ɽäː]

Noun

कुम्हड़ा • (kumhaṛā) m (Urdu spelling کمھڑا)

1. pumpkin

   Synonym: कद्दू (kaddū)

Alternative forms

• कोंहड़ा (koṅhaṛā)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kuṣmāṇḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press