कुण्ड

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

कुण्डी (kuṇḍī)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

কুণ্ড (Assamese script)
ᬓᬸᬡ᭄ᬟ (Balinese script)
কুণ্ড (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰲𑰜𑰿𑰚 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀟 (Brahmi script)
ကုဏ္ဍ (Burmese script)
કુણ્ડ (Gujarati script)
ਕੁਣ੍ਡ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌡 (Grantha script)
ꦏꦸꦟ꧀ꦝ (Javanese script)
𑂍𑂳𑂝𑂹𑂙 (Kaithi script)
ಕುಣ್ಡ (Kannada script)
កុណ្ឌ (Khmer script)
ກຸຓ຺ຑ (Lao script)
കുണ്ഡ (Malayalam script)
ᡬᡠᢏᡷᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘳𑘜𑘿𑘚 (Modi script)
ᢉᠤᢏᢎᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑧔𑦼𑧠𑦺 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑐸𑐞𑑂𑐜 (Newa script)
କୁଣ୍ଡ (Odia script)
ꢒꢸꢠ꣄ꢞ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑆶𑆟𑇀𑆝 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖲𑖜𑖿𑖚 (Siddham script)
කුණ‍්ඩ (Sinhalese script)
𑩜𑩒𑩪 𑪙𑩨 (Soyombo script)
𑚊𑚰𑚘𑚶𑚖 (Takri script)
குண்ட³ (Tamil script)
కుణ్డ (Telugu script)
กุณฺฑ (Thai script)
ཀུ་ཎྜ (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑒳𑒝𑓂𑒛 (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑨃𑨘𑩇𑨖 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, compare Old Tamil 𑀓𑀺𑀡𑁰𑀝𑀺 (kiṇṭi).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kuɳ.ɖɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kuɳ.ɖɐ/

Noun

कुण्ड • (kuṇḍa) stem, n

bowl, waterpot
basin of water, pit

Descendants

Prakrit: 𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀟 (kuṃḍa)
- Assamese: কুঁড় (kũr)
- Hindi: कूँड (kū̃ḍ), कूँड़ा (kū̃ṛā), कूँडा (kū̃ḍā), कूँड़ी (kū̃ṛī)
- Gujarati: કુંડ (kuṇḍ)
→ Old Javanese: kuṇḍa (“vessel, fire-place, sacrificial fire”)
- Javanese: ꦏꦸꦤ꧀ꦝ (kundha, “ritual brazier; calm high tide; service, department”)
- → Balinese: ᬓᬸᬡ᭄ᬥ (kunda, “ritual brazier”)

References

Podolsky, Baruch (1998) “Notes on Hebrew Etymology”, in Schlomo Isre'el, Itamar Singer, Ran Zadok, editors, Past links: Studies in the languages and cultures of the ancient Near East (Israel Oriental studies; 18)‎^[1], Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, →ISBN, pages 199–200