कूर्म
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- কূৰ্ম (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬹᬃᬫ (Balinese script)
- কূর্ম (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰳𑰨𑰿𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀽𑀭𑁆𑀫 (Brahmi script)
- ကူရ်္မ (Burmese script)
- કૂર્મ (Gujarati script)
- ਕੂਰ੍ਮ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌮 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦹꦂꦩ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂴𑂩𑂹𑂧 (Kaithi script)
- ಕೂರ್ಮ (Kannada script)
- កូម៌ (Khmer script)
- ກູຣ຺ມ (Lao script)
- കൂര്മ (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᡠᡠᡵᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘴𑘨𑘿𑘦 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠤᠤᠷᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧕𑧈𑧠𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐹𑐬𑑂𑐩 (Newa script)
- କୂର୍ମ (Odia script)
- ꢒꢹꢬ꣄ꢪ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆷𑆫𑇀𑆩 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖳𑖨𑖿𑖦 (Siddham script)
- කූර්ම (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩒𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩴 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚱𑚤𑚶𑚢 (Takri script)
- கூர்ம (Tamil script)
- కూర్మ (Telugu script)
- กูรฺม (Thai script)
- ཀཱུ་རྨ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒴𑒩𑓂𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨃𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]Given the unusual word structure and the semantic domain, probably a substrate loanword. Might be from the same family of words relating to "curved objects" with a ku- prefix as कुम्भ "water pot, pot"; कुण्ड or कुण्डी"water pot, pot"; कुम्बीर "crocodile"; कश्यप "tortoise, turtle"; कुष्माण्ड "pumpkin"; कूप "well"; कुब्ज "humpbacked"; and कलश "pitcher".
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]कूर्म • (kūrma) stem, m
- a tortoise, turtle
- the earth considered as a tortoise swimming on the waters
- a particular figure or intertwining of the fingers (mudra)
- one of the outer winds of the body (causing the closing of the eyes)
- (Hinduism) Vishnu's second incarnation (descent in the form of a tortoise to support the mountain मन्दर (mandara) at the churning of the ocean)
Declension
[edit]| Masculine a-stem declension of कूर्म (kūrma) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | कूर्मः kūrmaḥ |
कूर्मौ / कूर्मा¹ kūrmau / kūrmā¹ |
कूर्माः / कूर्मासः¹ kūrmāḥ / kūrmāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | कूर्म kūrma |
कूर्मौ / कूर्मा¹ kūrmau / kūrmā¹ |
कूर्माः / कूर्मासः¹ kūrmāḥ / kūrmāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | कूर्मम् kūrmam |
कूर्मौ / कूर्मा¹ kūrmau / kūrmā¹ |
कूर्मान् kūrmān |
| Instrumental | कूर्मेण kūrmeṇa |
कूर्माभ्याम् kūrmābhyām |
कूर्मैः / कूर्मेभिः¹ kūrmaiḥ / kūrmebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | कूर्माय kūrmāya |
कूर्माभ्याम् kūrmābhyām |
कूर्मेभ्यः kūrmebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | कूर्मात् kūrmāt |
कूर्माभ्याम् kūrmābhyām |
कूर्मेभ्यः kūrmebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | कूर्मस्य kūrmasya |
कूर्मयोः kūrmayoḥ |
कूर्माणाम् kūrmāṇām |
| Locative | कूर्मे kūrme |
कूर्मयोः kūrmayoḥ |
कूर्मेषु kūrmeṣu |
| Notes |
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