कपूर

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kə.puːɾ/, [kɐ.puːɾ]
• Rhymes: -uːɾ

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀽𑀭 (kappūra), from Sanskrit कर्पूर (karpū́ra). Doublet of काफ़ूर (kāfūr).

कपूर • (kapūr) m (Urdu spelling کَپُور)

1. camphor

Borrowed from Punjabi ਕਪੂਰ (kapūr).

कपूर • (kapūr) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling کَپُور)

1. a surname, Kapoor

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कपूर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कपूर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “कपूर”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “कपूर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kapūr”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀽𑀭 (kappūra), from Sanskrit कर्पूर (karpū́ra). Compare Old Punjabi ਕਪੂਰੁ (kapūru), Old Gujarati कपूरि (kapūri, instrumental singular), Old Marathi 𑘎𑘰𑘢𑘳𑘨 (kāpura).

कपूर (kapūra)

1. camphor

• Hindustani: kapūr

  Hindi: कपूर

  Urdu: کَپُور (kapūr)

  • ⇒ Hindustani: kapūrī

    Hindi: कपूरी

    Urdu: کَپُورِی (kapūrī)

• Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 525
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karpūˊra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 146