चूड

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Likely borrowed from Dravidian; compare Tamil சூடு (cūṭu, to be crowned, wear on one's head). Phonetic variation of its descendants and related words make a Munda origin possible as well.[1] An Indo-Iranian provenance is also possible, supported by the word's Vedic attestation; compare the second component (third and fourth syllables) of Avestan 𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬀𐬐𐬀𐬊𐬲𐬛𐬀 (ašta.kaožda-, a type of diadem).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

चूड॑ • (cū́ḍa) stemm (feminine चूडा)

  1. protuberance on brick
  2. a crest (especially of a peacock); plume, diadem
  3. summit, top

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of चूड॑
singular dual plural
nominative चूडः॑ (cū́ḍaḥ) चूडौ॑ (cū́ḍau)
चूडा॑¹ (cū́ḍā¹)
चूडाः॑ (cū́ḍāḥ)
चूडा॑सः¹ (cū́ḍāsaḥ¹)
accusative चूड॑म् (cū́ḍam) चूडौ॑ (cū́ḍau)
चूडा॑¹ (cū́ḍā¹)
चूडा॑न् (cū́ḍān)
instrumental चूडे॑न (cū́ḍena) चूडा॑भ्याम् (cū́ḍābhyām) चूडैः॑ (cū́ḍaiḥ)
चूडे॑भिः¹ (cū́ḍebhiḥ¹)
dative चूडा॑य (cū́ḍāya) चूडा॑भ्याम् (cū́ḍābhyām) चूडे॑भ्यः (cū́ḍebhyaḥ)
ablative चूडा॑त् (cū́ḍāt) चूडा॑भ्याम् (cū́ḍābhyām) चूडे॑भ्यः (cū́ḍebhyaḥ)
genitive चूड॑स्य (cū́ḍasya) चूड॑योः (cū́ḍayoḥ) चूडा॑नाम् (cū́ḍānām)
locative चूडे॑ (cū́ḍe) चूड॑योः (cū́ḍayoḥ) चूडे॑षु (cū́ḍeṣu)
vocative चूड॑ (cū́ḍa) चूडौ॑ (cū́ḍau)
चूडा॑¹ (cū́ḍā¹)
चूडाः॑ (cū́ḍāḥ)
चूडा॑सः¹ (cū́ḍāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Pali: cūḷa, cūḷā
  • Prakrit: 𑀘𑀽𑀮𑀸 (cūlā)
  • Prakrit: 𑀘𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀻 (cŏṭṭī)
  • Odia: ଚୁନ୍ଦି (cundi)

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “cū́ḍa-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 546
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956), “cū́ḍaḥ”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 396

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