चूड

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চূড (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬹᬟ (Balinese script)
• চূড (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰳𑰚 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀽𑀟 (Brahmi script)
• စူဍ (Burmese script)
• ચૂડ (Gujarati script)
• ਚੂਡ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑍂𑌡 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦹꦝ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂴𑂙 (Kaithi script)
• ಚೂಡ (Kannada script)
• ចូឌ (Khmer script)
• ຈູຑ (Lao script)
• ചൂഡ (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᡠᡠᡷᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘴𑘚 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠤᠤᢎᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧕𑦺 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐹𑐜 (Newa script)
• ଚୂଡ (Odia script)
• ꢗꢹꢞ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆷𑆝 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖳𑖚 (Siddham script)
• චූඩ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩒𑩛𑩨 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚱𑚖 (Takri script)
• சூட³ (Tamil script)
• చూడ (Telugu script)
• จูฑ (Thai script)
• ཙཱུ་ཌ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒴𑒛 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨃𑨊𑨖 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Likely borrowed from Dravidian; compare Tamil சூடு (cūṭu, “to be crowned, wear on one's head”). Phonetic variation of its descendants and related words make a Munda origin possible as well. An Indo-Iranian provenance is also possible, supported by the word's Vedic attestation; compare the second component (third and fourth syllables) of Avestan 𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬀𐬐𐬀𐬊𐬲𐬛𐬀 (ašta.kaožda-, “a type of diadem”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕúː.ɖɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕuː.ɖɐ/
• Hyphenation: चू‧ड

Noun

चूड॑ • (cū́ḍa) stem, m (feminine चूडा)

1. protuberance on brick
2. a crest (especially of a peacock); plume, diadem
3. summit, top

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of चूड॑

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	चूडः॑ (cū́ḍaḥ)	चूडौ॑ (cū́ḍau) चूडा॑¹ (cū́ḍā¹)	चूडाः॑ (cū́ḍāḥ) चूडा॑सः¹ (cū́ḍāsaḥ¹)
accusative	चूड॑म् (cū́ḍam)	चूडौ॑ (cū́ḍau) चूडा॑¹ (cū́ḍā¹)	चूडा॑न् (cū́ḍān)
instrumental	चूडे॑न (cū́ḍena)	चूडा॑भ्याम् (cū́ḍābhyām)	चूडैः॑ (cū́ḍaiḥ) चूडे॑भिः¹ (cū́ḍebhiḥ¹)
dative	चूडा॑य (cū́ḍāya)	चूडा॑भ्याम् (cū́ḍābhyām)	चूडे॑भ्यः (cū́ḍebhyaḥ)
ablative	चूडा॑त् (cū́ḍāt)	चूडा॑भ्याम् (cū́ḍābhyām)	चूडे॑भ्यः (cū́ḍebhyaḥ)
genitive	चूड॑स्य (cū́ḍasya)	चूड॑योः (cū́ḍayoḥ)	चूडा॑नाम् (cū́ḍānām)
locative	चूडे॑ (cū́ḍe)	चूड॑योः (cū́ḍayoḥ)	चूडे॑षु (cū́ḍeṣu)
vocative	चूड॑ (cū́ḍa)	चूडौ॑ (cū́ḍau) चूडा॑¹ (cū́ḍā¹)	चूडाः॑ (cū́ḍāḥ) चूडा॑सः¹ (cū́ḍāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: cūḷa, cūḷā
• Prakrit: 𑀘𑀽𑀮𑀸 (cūlā)
• Prakrit: 𑀘𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀻 (cŏṭṭī)
• Odia: ଚୁନ୍ଦି (cundi)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “चूड”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 400, column 3.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “cū́ḍa¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 266