चुंबन

See also: चबाना

Hindi

Alternative forms

• चुम्बन (cumban)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit चुम्बन (cumbana). Doublet of चुम्मा (cummā). Cognate with Marathi चुंबन (cumban), Bengali চুম্বন (cumbon), Gujarati ચુંબન (cumban) and Telugu చుంబనము (cumbanamu).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʊm.bən/, [t͡ʃʊ̃m.bɐ̃n]

Noun

चुंबन • (cumban) m (Urdu spelling چمبن)

1. the act of kissing; a kiss

Declension

Declension of चुंबन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	चुंबन cumban	चुंबन cumban
oblique	चुंबन cumban	चुंबनों cumbanõ
vocative	चुंबन cumban	चुंबनो cumbano

Derived terms

• चुंबन करना (cumban karnā)

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884) “चुम्बन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “चुंबन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “चुंबन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit चुम्बन (cumbana). Cognate with Hindustani چمبن / चुंबन (cumban), Bengali চুম্বন (cumbon), Gujarati ચુંબન (cumban) and Telugu చుంబనము (cumbanamu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕum.bən/

Noun

चुंबन • (cumban) n

1. kiss (formal)

   Synonyms: पापा (pāpā), पापी (pāpī) (informal)

Declension

Declension of चुंबन (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	चुंबन cumban
direct plural	चुंबने, चुंबनं cumbane, cumbna
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	चुंबन cumban		चुंबने, चुंबनं cumbane, cumbna
oblique सामान्यरूप	चुंबना cumbanā		चुंबनां- cumbanān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	चुंबनाला cumbanālā		चुंबनांना cumbanānnā
ergative	चुंबनाने, चुंबनानं cumbanāne, cumbanāna		चुंबनांनी cumbanānnī
instrumental	चुंबनाशी cumbanāśī		चुंबनांशी cumbanānśī
locative सप्तमी	चुंबनात cumbanāt		चुंबनांत cumbanāt
vocative संबोधन	चुंबना cumbanā		चुंबनांनो cumbanānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of चुंबन (neut cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	चुंबनाचा cumbanāċā	चुंबनाचे cumbanāċe	चुंबनाची cumbanācī	चुंबनाच्या cumbanācā	चुंबनाचे, चुंबनाचं cumbanāċe, cumbanāċa	चुंबनाची cumbanācī	चुंबनाच्या cumbanācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	चुंबनांचा cumbanānċā	चुंबनांचे cumbanānċe	चुंबनांची cumbanāñcī	चुंबनांच्या cumbanāncā	चुंबनांचे, चुंबनांचं cumbanānċe, cumbanānċa	चुंबनांची cumbanāñcī	चुंबनांच्या cumbanāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• चुंबन घेणे (cumban gheṇe, “to kiss”)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “चुंबन”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “चुंबन”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press