𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀽𑀭

Prakrit

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *qapuʀ

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qapuʀ

Proto-Malayic *kapurbor.?

Sanskrit क॒र्पूर॑ (karpū́ra)

Prakrit 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀽𑀭

Inherited from Sanskrit क॒र्पूर॑ (karpū́ra),^[1] possibly borrowed from Proto-Malayic *kapur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qapuʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *qapuʀ (“lime, calcium”).

𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀽𑀭 (kappūra) n or m (Devanagari कप्पूर) ^[2]

Inherited

Central Indo-Aryan:
- Western Hindi:
  - Old Hindi: कपूर (kapūra)
    - Hindustani:
      - Hindi: कपूर (kapūr), ⇒ कपूरी (kapūrī)
      - Urdu: کَپُور (kapūr), ⇒ کَپُورِی (kapūrī)
Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Odia: କପୂର (kapura)
- Bihari:
  - Maithili: कपूर / 𑒏𑒣𑒴𑒩 (kapūr)
Insular Indo-Aryan:
- Sinhalese: කපුරු (kapuru)
Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Punjabic:
  - Old Punjabi: ਕਪੂਰੁ (kapūru)
    - Punjabi: ਕਪੂਰ / کَپُور (kapūr)
- Sindhic:
  - Sindhi: ڪَپُورُ / कपूरु (kapūru)
Southern Indo-Aryan:
- Konkani: कापूर / ಕಾಪೂರ್ / kapur (kāpūr)
- Old Marathi: कापुर (kāpura), 𑘎𑘰𑘢𑘳𑘨 (kāpura)
  - Marathi: कापूर (kāpūr)
Western Indo-Aryan:
- Old Gujarati: कपूरि (kapūri, instrumental singular)
  - Gujarati: કપૂર (kapūr)
  - Marwari: कपूर (kapūr)

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “karpū́ra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
^ Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928), “कप्पूर”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 223.