कुल्फ

See also: कलफ़

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• गुल्फ (gulpha)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কুল্ফ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬸᬮ᭄ᬨ (Balinese script)
• কুল্ফ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰲𑰩𑰿𑰣 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀨 (Brahmi script)
• ကုလ္ဖ (Burmese script)
• કુલ્ફ (Gujarati script)
• ਕੁਲ੍ਫ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍁𑌲𑍍𑌫 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦸꦭ꧀ꦦ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂳𑂪𑂹𑂤 (Kaithi script)
• ಕುಲ್ಫ (Kannada script)
• កុល្ផ (Khmer script)
• ກຸລ຺ຜ (Lao script)
• കുല്ഫ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᡠᠯᡦᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘳𑘩𑘿𑘣 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠤᠯᠹᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧔𑧉𑧠𑧃 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐸𑐮𑑂𑐦 (Newa script)
• କୁଲ୍ଫ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢸꢭ꣄ꢧ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆶𑆬𑇀𑆦 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖲𑖩𑖿𑖣 (Siddham script)
• කුල‍්ඵ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩒𑩽 𑪙𑩱 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚰𑚥𑚶𑚟 (Takri script)
• குல்ப² (Tamil script)
• కుల్ఫ (Telugu script)
• กุลฺผ (Thai script)
• ཀུ་ལྥ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒳𑒪𑓂𑒤 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨃𑨬𑩇𑨟 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Derived from Dravidian. Compare Malayalam കുലി (kuli).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kul.pʰɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkul̪.pʰɐ/

Noun

कुल्फ • (kulpha) stem, m

1. ankle

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कुल्फ (kulphá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कुल्फः kulpháḥ	कुल्फौ / कुल्फा¹ kulphaú / kulphā́¹	कुल्फाः / कुल्फासः¹ kulphā́ḥ / kulphā́saḥ¹
Vocative	कुल्फ kúlpha	कुल्फौ / कुल्फा¹ kúlphau / kúlphā¹	कुल्फाः / कुल्फासः¹ kúlphāḥ / kúlphāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कुल्फम् kulphám	कुल्फौ / कुल्फा¹ kulphaú / kulphā́¹	कुल्फान् kulphā́n
Instrumental	कुल्फेन kulphéna	कुल्फाभ्याम् kulphā́bhyām	कुल्फैः / कुल्फेभिः¹ kulphaíḥ / kulphébhiḥ¹
Dative	कुल्फाय kulphā́ya	कुल्फाभ्याम् kulphā́bhyām	कुल्फेभ्यः kulphébhyaḥ
Ablative	कुल्फात् kulphā́t	कुल्फाभ्याम् kulphā́bhyām	कुल्फेभ्यः kulphébhyaḥ
Genitive	कुल्फस्य kulphásya	कुल्फयोः kulpháyoḥ	कुल्फानाम् kulphā́nām
Locative	कुल्फे kulphé	कुल्फयोः kulpháyoḥ	कुल्फेषु kulphéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कुल्फ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 296.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “कुल्फः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan