खोपड़ी

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खोपड़ी

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Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀔𑁄𑀧𑁆𑀧 (*khoppa, “coconut shell”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-).^[1] There are a whole set of wildly varying yet similar forms of this word attested through New Indo-Aryan, pointing to a substrate borrowing: Sanskrit खर्पर (kharpara) (whence Hindi खप्पर (khappar), खप्पड़ (khappaṛ)), Ashokan Prakrit *𑀓𑁄𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀭 (*koppara), and perhaps Sanskrit कपाल (kapā́la).

Cognate with Punjabi ਖੋਪੜ (khopaṛ), Gujarati ખોપરી (khoprī), Nepali खोपडी (khopaḍī).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /kʰoːp.ɽiː/

Noun

खोपड़ी • (khopṛī) f (Urdu spelling کھوپڑی)

(anatomy) head; skull
Synonyms: सिर (sir), सर (sar), मूर्धा (mūrdhā), कपाल (kapāl)

मैंने ग़लती से गिलास उसकी खोपड़ी पर गिराया।
ma͠ine ġaltī se gilās uskī khopṛī par girāyā.
I accidentally dropped a glass on his skull.

Declension

Declension of *खोपड़ी* (fem ī-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	खोपड़ी khopṛī	खोपड़ियाँ khopṛiyā̃
oblique	खोपड़ी khopṛī	खोपड़ियों khopṛiyõ
vocative	खोपड़ी khopṛī	खोपड़ियो khopṛiyo

References

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khōppa¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

[1] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khōppa¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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