चुम्ब्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

চুম্ব্ (Assamese script)
ᬘᬸᬫ᭄ᬩ᭄ (Balinese script)
চুম্ব্ (Bengali script)
𑰓𑰲𑰦𑰿𑰤𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀘𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀩𑁆 (Brahmi script)
စုမ္ဗ် (Burmese script)
ચુમ્બ્ (Gujarati script)
ਚੁਮ੍ਬ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌚𑍁𑌮𑍍𑌬𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦕꦸꦩ꧀ꦧ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂒𑂳𑂧𑂹𑂥𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಚುಮ್ಬ್ (Kannada script)
ចុម្ព៑ (Khmer script)
ຈຸມ຺ພ຺ (Lao script)
ചുമ്ബ് (Malayalam script)
ᢜᡠᠮᠪ (Manchu script)
𑘓𑘳𑘦𑘿𑘤𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢋᠤᠮᠪ (Mongolian script)
𑦳𑧔𑧆𑧠𑧄𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐔𑐸𑐩𑑂𑐧𑑂 (Newa script)
ଚୁମ୍ବ୍ (Odia script)
ꢗꢸꢪ꣄ꢨ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆖𑆶𑆩𑇀𑆧𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖓𑖲𑖦𑖿𑖤𑖿 (Siddham script)
චුම‍්බ් (Sinhalese script)
𑩡𑩒𑩴 𑪙𑩲 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚏𑚰𑚢𑚶𑚠𑚶 (Takri script)
சும்ப்³ (Tamil script)
చుమ్బ్ (Telugu script)
จุมฺพฺ (Thai script)
ཙུ་མྦ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒔𑒳𑒧𑓂𑒥𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨣𑨃𑨢𑩇𑨠𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

An onomatopoeic root likely shared with Dravidian; compare Tamil சூம்பு (cūmpu, “to suck, fondle with the lips”), Kumarbhag Paharia [script needed] (cumqe, “to kiss”). Note also चूष् (cūṣ, “to suck”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕumb/

Root

चुम्ब् • (cumb) (Classical Sanskrit)

to kiss
to touch with the mouth
to touch closely or softly

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

चुम्बति (cumbati, present)
चुम्बिष्यति (cumbiṣyati, future)
चुम्बिता (cumbitā, periphrastic future)
अचुम्बीत् (acumbīt, aorist)
चुचुम्ब (cucumba, perfect)

Secondary forms

चुम्ब्यते (cumbyate, passive)
चुम्बयति (cumbayati, causative)
चुचुम्बिषति (cucumbiṣati, desiderative)

Non-finite forms

चुम्बित (cumbita, past participle)
चुम्बितुम् (cumbitum, infinitive)
चुम्ब्य (cumbya, gerund)

Derived nominal forms

चुम्ब (cumba)
चुम्बा (cumbā)
चुम्बक (cumbaka)
चुम्बिन् (cumbin)
चुम्बन (cumbana)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root चुम्ब् (0 c, 4 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root चुम्ब् (6 c, 0 e)

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), “CUMB”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 194

Further reading

Monier Williams (1899), “चुम्ब्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0400/2.
William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 048

Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “चुम्ब्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016