चुम्बन

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʊm.bən/, [t͡ʃʊ̃m.bɐ̃n]

Noun

चुम्बन • (cumban) m (Urdu spelling چمبن)

1. alternative form of चुंबन (cumban)

Declension

Declension of चुम्बन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चुम्बन cumban	चुम्बन cumban
oblique	चुम्बन cumban	चुम्बनों cumbanõ
vocative	चुम्बन cumban	चुम्बनो cumbano

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চুম্বন (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬸᬫ᭄ᬩᬦ (Balinese script)
• চুম্বন (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰲𑰦𑰿𑰤𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀩𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• စုမ္ဗန (Burmese script)
• ચુમ્બન (Gujarati script)
• ਚੁਮ੍ਬਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑍁𑌮𑍍𑌬𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂳𑂧𑂹𑂥𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಚುಮ್ಬನ (Kannada script)
• ចុម្ពន (Khmer script)
• ຈຸມ຺ພນ (Lao script)
• ചുമ്ബന (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᡠᠮᠪᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘳𑘦𑘿𑘤𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠤᠮᠪᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧔𑧆𑧠𑧄𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐸𑐩𑑂𑐧𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଚୁମ୍ବନ (Odia script)
• ꢗꢸꢪ꣄ꢨꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆶𑆩𑇀𑆧𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖲𑖦𑖿𑖤𑖡 (Siddham script)
• චුම‍්බන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩒𑩴 𑪙𑩲𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚰𑚢𑚶𑚠𑚝 (Takri script)
• சும்ப³ந (Tamil script)
• చుమ్బన (Telugu script)
• จุมฺพน (Thai script)
• ཙུ་མྦ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒳𑒧𑓂𑒥𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨃𑨢𑩇𑨠𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From चुम्ब् (cumb, “to kiss”, root) +‎ -अन (-ana).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕum.bɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕum.bɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

चुम्बन • (cumbana) stem, n

1. the act of kissing; a kiss

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of चुम्बन

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	चुम्बनम् (cumbanam)	चुम्बने (cumbane)	चुम्बनानि (cumbanāni) चुम्बना¹ (cumbanā¹)
accusative	चुम्बनम् (cumbanam)	चुम्बने (cumbane)	चुम्बनानि (cumbanāni) चुम्बना¹ (cumbanā¹)
instrumental	चुम्बनेन (cumbanena)	चुम्बनाभ्याम् (cumbanābhyām)	चुम्बनैः (cumbanaiḥ) चुम्बनेभिः¹ (cumbanebhiḥ¹)
dative	चुम्बनाय (cumbanāya)	चुम्बनाभ्याम् (cumbanābhyām)	चुम्बनेभ्यः (cumbanebhyaḥ)
ablative	चुम्बनात् (cumbanāt)	चुम्बनाभ्याम् (cumbanābhyām)	चुम्बनेभ्यः (cumbanebhyaḥ)
genitive	चुम्बनस्य (cumbanasya)	चुम्बनयोः (cumbanayoḥ)	चुम्बनानाम् (cumbanānām)
locative	चुम्बने (cumbane)	चुम्बनयोः (cumbanayoḥ)	चुम्बनेषु (cumbaneṣu)
vocative	चुम्बन (cumbana)	चुम्बने (cumbane)	चुम्बनानि (cumbanāni) चुम्बना¹ (cumbanā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Related terms

• चुम्बति (cumbati)
• चुम्बक (cumbaka)
• चुम्बिन् (cumbin)
• चुम्बित (cumbita)
• चुम्ब (cumba)

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀘𑀼𑀁𑀩𑀡 (cuṃbaṇa)
• → Bengali: চুম্বন (cumbon)
• → Gujarati: ચુંબન (cumban)
• → Telugu: చుంబనము (cumbanamu)
• → Tulu: ಚುಂಬನ (cumbana)
• → Marathi: चुंबन (cumban) (learned)
• → Hindustani: (learned)

  Hindi: चुंबन (cumban)

  Urdu: چمبن (cumban)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “चुम्बन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 400, column 2.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “cumbana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press