कुण्ड

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• कुण्डी (kuṇḍī)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কুণ্ড (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬸᬡ᭄ᬟ (Balinese script)
• কুণ্ড (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰲𑰜𑰿𑰚 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀟 (Brahmi script)
• ကုဏ္ဍ (Burmese script)
• કુણ્ડ (Gujarati script)
• ਕੁਣ੍ਡ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌡 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦸꦟ꧀ꦝ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂳𑂝𑂹𑂙 (Kaithi script)
• ಕುಣ್ಡ (Kannada script)
• កុណ្ឌ (Khmer script)
• ກຸຓ຺ຑ (Lao script)
• കുണ്ഡ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᡠᢏᡷᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘳𑘜𑘿𑘚 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠤᢏᢎᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧔𑦼𑧠𑦺 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐸𑐞𑑂𑐜 (Newa script)
• କୁଣ୍ଡ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢸꢠ꣄ꢞ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆶𑆟𑇀𑆝 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖲𑖜𑖿𑖚 (Siddham script)
• කුණ‍්ඩ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩒𑩪 𑪙𑩨 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚰𑚘𑚶𑚖 (Takri script)
• குண்ட³ (Tamil script)
• కుణ్డ (Telugu script)
• กุณฺฑ (Thai script)
• ཀུ་ཎྜ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒳𑒝𑓂𑒛 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨃𑨘𑩇𑨖 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, compare Old Tamil 𑀓𑀺𑀡𑁰𑀝𑀺 (kiṇṭi).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kuɳ.ɖɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkuɳ.ɖɐ/

Noun

कुण्ड • (kuṇḍa) stem, n

1. bowl, waterpot
2. basin of water, pit

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀟 (kuṃḍa)
  • Assamese: কুঁড় (kũr)
  • Hindi: कूँड (kū̃ḍ), कूँड़ा (kū̃ṛā), कूँडा (kū̃ḍā), कूँड़ी (kū̃ṛī)
  • Gujarati: કુંડ (kuṇḍ)
• → Old Javanese: kuṇḍa (“vessel, fire-place, sacrificial fire”)
  • Javanese: ꦏꦸꦤ꧀ꦝ (kundha, “ritual brazier; calm high tide; service, department”)
  • → Balinese: ᬓᬸᬡ᭄ᬥ (kunda, “ritual brazier”)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “कुण्ड”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• Podolsky, Baruch (1998) “Notes on Hebrew Etymology”, in Schlomo Isre'el, Itamar Singer, Ran Zadok, editors, Past links: Studies in the languages and cultures of the ancient Near East (Israel Oriental studies; 18)‎^[1], Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, →ISBN, pages 199–200