कुंकू

See also: काक, काका, काकी, काकू, कुकी, and कोक

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘎𑘳𑘽𑘎𑘳 (kuṃku), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀓𑀼𑀫 (kuṃkuma), from Sanskrit कुङ्कुम (kuṅkuma).

Cognates

Cognate with Gujarati કંકુ (kaṅku), Sindhi ڪُنگۇ / कुंगू, Punjabi ਕੁੰਗੂ (kuṅgū) / کُنگُو (kungū), Sinhalese කොකුම් (kokum), කුංකුම (kuṁkuma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuŋ.ku/, [kuŋ.kuː]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

कुंकू • (kuṅkū) n

  1. kumkum (red powder traditionally worn on the forehead by married Hindu women whose husbands are living, but now worn by any woman)

Derived terms

  • हळदी-कुंकू (haḷdī-kuṅkū, “Haldi Kumkum”)

Further reading

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “कुंकू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “कुंकूं”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “कुंकू”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kuṅkuma”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.