कूँच

Hindi

Etymology

Derived from Sanskrit *कुञ्च (kuñca), whence कुञ्चिका (kuñcikā, “Abrus precatorius”). Related to कुंजी (kuñjī) and गुंजा (guñjā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kũːt͡ʃ/

Noun

कूँच • (kū̃c) m (Urdu spelling کُون٘چ)

1. jequirity bean, rosary pea, crab's eye (Abrus precatorius)

Declension

Declension of कूँच (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कूँच kū̃c	कूँच kū̃c
oblique	कूँच kū̃c	कूँचों kū̃cõ
vocative	कूँच kū̃c	कूँचो kū̃co

References

• Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “कूँच”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]