कुटुम्ब
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কুটুম্ব (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬸᬝᬸᬫ᭄ᬩ (Balinese script)
- কুটুম্ব (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰲𑰘𑰲𑰦𑰿𑰤 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀼𑀝𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀩 (Brahmi script)
- ကုဋုမ္ဗ (Burmese script)
- કુટુમ્બ (Gujarati script)
- ਕੁਟੁਮ੍ਬ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑍁𑌟𑍁𑌮𑍍𑌬 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦸꦛꦸꦩ꧀ꦧ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂳𑂗𑂳𑂧𑂹𑂥 (Kaithi script)
- ಕುಟುಮ್ಬ (Kannada script)
- កុដុម្ព (Khmer script)
- ກຸຏຸມ຺ພ (Lao script)
- കുടുമ്ബ (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᡠᢞᡠᠮᠪᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘳𑘘𑘳𑘦𑘿𑘤 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠤᢌᠤᠮᠪᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧔𑦸𑧔𑧆𑧠𑧄 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐸𑐚𑐸𑐩𑑂𑐧 (Newa script)
- କୁଟୁମ୍ବ (Odia script)
- ꢒꢸꢜꢸꢪ꣄ꢨ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆶𑆛𑆶𑆩𑇀𑆧 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖲𑖘𑖲𑖦𑖿𑖤 (Siddham script)
- කුටුම්බ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩒𑩦𑩒𑩴 𑪙𑩲 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚰𑚔𑚰𑚢𑚶𑚠 (Takri script)
- குடும்ப³ (Tamil script)
- కుటుమ్బ (Telugu script)
- กุฏุมฺพ (Thai script)
- ཀུ་ཊུ་མྦ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒳𑒙𑒳𑒧𑓂𑒥 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨃𑨔𑨃𑨢𑩇𑨠 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Borrowed from Dravidian, compare Gondi [script needed] (kuṛma, “hut, outhouse”), Tamil குடிமை (kuṭimai, “family, lineage, allegiance”) Related to कुटि (kuṭi, “a hut, cottage”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kú.ʈum.bɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ku.ʈum.bɐ/
Noun
कुटुम्ब • (kúṭumba) stem, n
- a household, members of a household, family
- the care of a family, housekeeping (hence metaphorically, care or anxiety about anything)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | कुटुम्बम् (kúṭumbam) | कुटुम्बे (kúṭumbe) | कुटुम्बानि (kúṭumbāni) कुटुम्बा¹ (kúṭumbā¹) |
| accusative | कुटुम्बम् (kúṭumbam) | कुटुम्बे (kúṭumbe) | कुटुम्बानि (kúṭumbāni) कुटुम्बा¹ (kúṭumbā¹) |
| instrumental | कुटुम्बेन (kúṭumbena) | कुटुम्बाभ्याम् (kúṭumbābhyām) | कुटुम्बैः (kúṭumbaiḥ) कुटुम्बेभिः¹ (kúṭumbebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | कुटुम्बाय (kúṭumbāya) | कुटुम्बाभ्याम् (kúṭumbābhyām) | कुटुम्बेभ्यः (kúṭumbebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | कुटुम्बात् (kúṭumbāt) | कुटुम्बाभ्याम् (kúṭumbābhyām) | कुटुम्बेभ्यः (kúṭumbebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | कुटुम्बस्य (kúṭumbasya) | कुटुम्बयोः (kúṭumbayoḥ) | कुटुम्बानाम् (kúṭumbānām) |
| locative | कुटुम्बे (kúṭumbe) | कुटुम्बयोः (kúṭumbayoḥ) | कुटुम्बेषु (kúṭumbeṣu) |
| vocative | कुटुम्ब (kúṭumba) | कुटुम्बे (kúṭumbe) | कुटुम्बानि (kúṭumbāni) कुटुम्बा¹ (kúṭumbā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Prakrit: 𑀓𑀼𑀟𑀼𑀁𑀩- (kuḍuṃba-)
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: कुड़मा (kuṛmā)
- Urdu: کُڑْمَا (kuṛmā)
- → Bengali: কুটুম্ব (kuṭumbo) (learned)
- → Hindi: कुटुंब (kuṭumb) (learned)
- → Kannada: ಕುಟುಂಬ (kuṭumba) (learned)
- → Malayalam: കുടുംബം (kuṭumbaṁ) (learned)
- → Tamil: குடும்பம் (kuṭumpam) (learned)
- → Telugu: కుటుంబము (kuṭumbamu) (learned)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “कुटुम्ब”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 288/3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 362