क्षुम्प

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• क्षुप (kṣupa)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ক্ষুম্প (Assamese script)
• ᬓ᭄ᬱᬸᬫ᭄ᬧ (Balinese script)
• ক্ষুম্প (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰲𑰦𑰿𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀧 (Brahmi script)
• က္ၑုမ္ပ (Burmese script)
• ક્ષુમ્પ (Gujarati script)
• ਕ੍ਸ਼ੁਮ੍ਪ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁𑌮𑍍𑌪 (Grantha script)
• ꦏ꧀ꦰꦸꦩ꧀ꦥ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂳𑂧𑂹𑂣 (Kaithi script)
• ಕ್ಷುಮ್ಪ (Kannada script)
• ក្ឞុម្ប (Khmer script)
• ກ຺ຩຸມ຺ປ (Lao script)
• ക്ഷുമ്പ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᢢᡠᠮᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘳𑘦𑘿𑘢 (Modi script)
• ᢉᢔᠤᠮᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧔𑧆𑧠𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐸𑐩𑑂𑐥 (Newa script)
• କ୍ଷୁମ୍ପ (Odia script)
• ꢒ꣄ꢰꢸꢪ꣄ꢦ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆶𑆩𑇀𑆥 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖲𑖦𑖿𑖢 (Siddham script)
• ක්‍ෂුම‍්ප (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩒𑩴 𑪙𑩰 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚶𑚰𑚢𑚶𑚞 (Takri script)
• க்ஷும்ப (Tamil script)
• క్షుమ్ప (Telugu script)
• กฺษุมฺป (Thai script)
• ཀྵུ་མྤ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒳𑒧𑓂𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨃𑨢𑩇𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

A term of unclear meaning. The meaning generally given in dictionaries for this term is "bush", particularly for the form क्षुप (kṣupa), and is generally connected to Iranian terms like Central Kurdish شیو (şîw, “shrub, wood”), Wakhi [script needed] (šipk, “shrub”), and Persian چوب (čub, “wood, stick”).

However, it has been alternatively interpreted to mean "mushroom", particularly in the form क्षुम्प (kṣumpa). According to this theory, it would be related to a variety of words for mushroom and fungus across Europe and Asia, such as German Schwamm (“sponge”), Pashto غومبه (ǧumba, “mushroom”), and Sindhi कुम्भी (kumbhī, “mushroom”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʂum.pɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkʂum.pɐ/

Noun

क्षुम्प • (kṣumpa) stem, m

1. a mushroom

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of क्षुम्प (kṣumpa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	क्षुम्पः kṣumpaḥ	क्षुम्पौ / क्षुम्पा¹ kṣumpau / kṣumpā¹	क्षुम्पाः / क्षुम्पासः¹ kṣumpāḥ / kṣumpāsaḥ¹
Vocative	क्षुम्प kṣumpa	क्षुम्पौ / क्षुम्पा¹ kṣumpau / kṣumpā¹	क्षुम्पाः / क्षुम्पासः¹ kṣumpāḥ / kṣumpāsaḥ¹
Accusative	क्षुम्पम् kṣumpam	क्षुम्पौ / क्षुम्पा¹ kṣumpau / kṣumpā¹	क्षुम्पान् kṣumpān
Instrumental	क्षुम्पेण kṣumpeṇa	क्षुम्पाभ्याम् kṣumpābhyām	क्षुम्पैः / क्षुम्पेभिः¹ kṣumpaiḥ / kṣumpebhiḥ¹
Dative	क्षुम्पाय kṣumpāya	क्षुम्पाभ्याम् kṣumpābhyām	क्षुम्पेभ्यः kṣumpebhyaḥ
Ablative	क्षुम्पात् kṣumpāt	क्षुम्पाभ्याम् kṣumpābhyām	क्षुम्पेभ्यः kṣumpebhyaḥ
Genitive	क्षुम्पस्य kṣumpasya	क्षुम्पयोः kṣumpayoḥ	क्षुम्पाणाम् kṣumpāṇām
Locative	क्षुम्पे kṣumpe	क्षुम्पयोः kṣumpayoḥ	क्षुम्पेषु kṣumpeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “क्षुम्प”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 331/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 435
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 292