कुंकू
See also: काक, काका, काकी, काकू, कुकी, and कोक
Marathi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘎𑘳𑘽𑘎𑘳 (kuṃku), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀓𑀼𑀫 (kuṃkuma), from Sanskrit कुङ्कुम (kuṅkuma). Compare Gujarati કંકુ (kaṅku), Kannada ಕುಂಕುಮ (kuṅkuma), Hindustani کُمْکُم / कुमकुम (kumkum), Sindhi ڪُنگۇ / कुंगू, Punjabi ਕੁੰਗੂ (kuṅgū) / کُنگُو (kungū) ਕੁਮਕੁਮ (kumkum), Bengali কুমকুম (kumôkum), Telugu కుంకుమ (kuṅkuma), Tamil குங்குமம் (kuṅkumam), Malayalam കുങ്കുമം (kuṅkumaṃ), Sinhalese කොකුම් (kokum), කුංකුම (kuṁkuma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuŋ.ku/, [kuŋ.kuː]
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Noun
कुंकू • (kuṅkū) n
- 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, “कुंकू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “कुंकूं”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Date, Yasavanta Ramakrshna (1932-1950), “कुंकू”, in Maharashtra Sabdakosa (in Marathi), Pune: Maharashtra Kosamandala.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kuṅkuma”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press