𑘎𑘳𑘽𑘥𑘰𑘨

𑘎𑘳𑘽𑘥𑘰𑘨

Old Marathi

Alternative forms

• 𑘎𑘳𑘦𑘿𑘮𑘰𑘨 (kumhāra)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀪𑀸𑀭 (kuṃbhāra), 𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀪𑀆𑀭 (kuṃbhaāra), from Sanskrit 𑘎𑘳𑘦𑘿𑘥𑘎𑘰𑘨 (kumbhakāra). Cognate with Old Punjabi ਕੁਮਿਆਰੁ (kumiāru), Middle Bengali কুম্ভার (kumbhāra).

Noun

𑘎𑘳𑘽𑘥𑘰𑘨 (kuṃbhāra) m (Devanagari कुंभार)

1. potter
   • 1290, Jñāneśvar, Jñāneśvarī (Rājvāḍe edition) 18.424:

     𑘡𑘰𑘡𑘰 𑘓𑘰𑘎𑘲𑘽 𑘥𑘰𑘽𑘚𑘹𑘽 𑘕𑘰𑘩𑘹𑘽𑙁 𑘝𑘹𑘽 𑘎𑘳𑘽𑘥𑘰𑘨𑘹𑘽 𑘢𑘨𑘼𑘝𑘹𑘽 𑘡𑘹𑘩𑘹𑘽𑙁
     𑘢𑘨𑘲 𑘥𑘿𑘨𑘦𑘹𑘽𑘓𑘲 𑘝𑘹𑘽 𑘦𑘰𑘐𑘲𑘩𑘹𑙁 𑘥𑘻𑘪𑘽𑘚𑘲𑘩𑘹𑘢𑘜𑘹𑘽𑙂

     nānā cākīṃ bhāṃḍeṃ jāleṃ. teṃ kuṃbhāreṃ parauteṃ neleṃ.
     parī bhrameṃcī teṃ māgīle. bhovaṃḍīlepaṇeṃ.

     • 1948 translation by Vittal Ganesh Pradhan

       When a potter removes from his wheel the vessel which he has made,
       the wheel continues revolving with the force of its spinning.

   Synonym: 𑘎𑘳𑘩𑘰𑘯 (kulāḷa)

Descendants

• Marathi: कुंभार (kumbhār)
• Varhadi: कुंभार (kumbhār)
• → Old Kannada: ಕುಂಬಾಱ (kumbāṟa)
  • Kannada: ಕುಂಬಾರ (kumbāra)
• → Telugu: కుమ్మర (kummara)

Further reading

• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “कुंभार”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999, page 164.
• Panse, Murlidhar Gajanan (1953) Linguistic Peculiarities of Jñāneśvarī, Poona: Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, page 276, column 1.
• वेलिंगकर, रामचंद्र नारायण [Velingkar, Ramchandra Narayan] (1959) ज्ञानेश्वरीचें शब्द-भांडार [Lexicon of the Dnyaneshwari] (in Marathi), मुंबई [Mumbai]: मराठी संशोधन मंडळ [Marathi Sanshodhan Mandal], page ११६, column 1.