कपड़ा

See also: कपडा and कापड

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit कद्- (kad-)?

Proto-Indo-European *pel-der.?

Sanskrit पट (paṭa)?

Sanskrit कर्पट (karpaṭa)

Prakrit 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀟 (kappaḍa)

Hindi कपड़ा (kapṛā)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀟 (kappaḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit कर्पट (karpaṭa, “garment, rag”). Cognate with Marathi कपडा (kapḍā), कापड (kāpaḍ), Bengali কাপড় (kapoṛ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kəp.ɽɑː/, [kɐp.ɽäː]

Noun

कपड़ा • (kapṛā) m (Urdu spelling کَپْڑَا)

1. clothing; article of clothing
2. cloth, garment

Declension

Declension of कपड़ा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कपड़ा kapṛā	कपड़े kapṛe
oblique	कपड़े kapṛe	कपड़ों kapṛõ
vocative	कपड़े kapṛe	कपड़ो kapṛo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “kapṛā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 165
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karpaṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press