कुलत्थ

कुलत्थ

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कुलत्थ (kulattha). Doublet of कुलथी (kulthī) and कुलत्थिका (kulatthikā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kʊ.lət̪t̪ʰ/, [kʊ.l̪ət̪t̪ʰ]

Noun

कुलत्थ • (kulatth) m

1. Kulthi, the horse gram (Macrotyloma uniflorum) (a type of bean eaten in South Asia)

Declension

Declension of कुलत्थ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कुलत्थ kulatth	कुलत्थ kulatth
oblique	कुलत्थ kulatth	कुलत्थों kulatthõ
vocative	कुलत्थ kulatth	कुलत्थो kulattho

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “कुलत्थ”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• कुलुत्थ (kuluttha)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬓᬸᬮᬢ᭄ᬣ (Balinese script)
• কুলত্থ (Assamese script)
• কুলত্থ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰲𑰩𑰝𑰿𑰞 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀼𑀮𑀢𑁆𑀣 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌕𑍁𑌲𑌤𑍍𑌥 (Grantha script)
• કુલત્થ (Gujarati script)
• ਕੁਲਤੑਥ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦏꦸꦭꦠ꧀ꦡ (Javanese script)
• កុលត្ថ (Khmer script)
• ಕುಲತ್ಥ (Kannada script)
• ກຸລຕ຺ຖ (Lao script)
• കുലത്ഥ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘎𑘳𑘩𑘝𑘿𑘞 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠤᠯᠠᢐᠲᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• ᡬᡠᠯᠠᢠᡨᠠ (Manchu script)
• ကုလတ္ထ (Burmese script)
• 𑦮𑧔𑧉𑦽𑧠𑦾 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐸𑐮𑐟𑑂𑐠 (Newa script)
• କୁଲତ୍ଥ (Oriya script)
• ꢒꢸꢭꢡ꣄ꢢ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆶𑆬𑆠𑇀𑆡 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖲𑖩𑖝𑖿𑖞 (Siddham script)
• කුලත්ථ (Sinhalese script)
• కులత్థ (Telugu script)
• กุลตฺถ (Thai script)
• ཀུ་ལ་ཏྠ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒳𑒪𑒞𑓂𑒟 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Borrowed from the Proto-Dravidian language.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ku.lɐt.tʰɐ/, [ku.lɐt̚.tʰɐ]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kuˈl̪ɐt̪.t̪ʰɐ/, [kuˈl̪ɐt̪̚.t̪ʰɐ]

Noun

कुलत्थ • (kulattha) m

1. Kulthi, the horse gram (Macrotyloma uniflorum) (a type of bean eaten in South Asia)
2. cowpea

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कुलत्थ (kulattha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कुलत्थः kulatthaḥ	कुलत्थौ kulatthau	कुलत्थाः / कुलत्थासः¹ kulatthāḥ / kulatthāsaḥ¹
Vocative	कुलत्थ kulattha	कुलत्थौ kulatthau	कुलत्थाः / कुलत्थासः¹ kulatthāḥ / kulatthāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कुलत्थम् kulattham	कुलत्थौ kulatthau	कुलत्थान् kulatthān
Instrumental	कुलत्थेन kulatthena	कुलत्थाभ्याम् kulatthābhyām	कुलत्थैः / कुलत्थेभिः¹ kulatthaiḥ / kulatthebhiḥ¹
Dative	कुलत्थाय kulatthāya	कुलत्थाभ्याम् kulatthābhyām	कुलत्थेभ्यः kulatthebhyaḥ
Ablative	कुलत्थात् kulatthāt	कुलत्थाभ्याम् kulatthābhyām	कुलत्थेभ्यः kulatthebhyaḥ
Genitive	कुलत्थस्य kulatthasya	कुलत्थयोः kulatthayoḥ	कुलत्थानाम् kulatthānām
Locative	कुलत्थे kulatthe	कुलत्थयोः kulatthayoḥ	कुलत्थेषु kulattheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• ⇒ Sanskrit: कुलत्थिका (kulatthikā) (see there for further descendants)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑀼𑀮𑀢𑁆𑀣 (kulattha)
• Sauraseni Prakrit:
  • Gujarati: કળથી (kaḷthī)
  • Saurashtra: ꢒꢸꢳꢶꢡꢸ (kuḷitu)
• Pali: kulattha
• → Hindi: कुलत्थ (kulatth) (learned)

References

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

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “कुलत्थ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 295.