کمل

Perhaps cognate with Sanskrit कम्बि (kambi, “branch or shoot of bamboo”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

• IPA^(key): /kæməl/

کمل (kamel)

1. straw

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कमल (kámala).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kə.məl/

کَمَل • (kamal) m (Hindi spelling कमल)

1. lotus
2. lily

• (lotus): پدم

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• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کمل”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.