चुम्ब्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চুম্ব্ (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬸᬫ᭄ᬩ᭄ (Balinese script)
• চুম্ব্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰲𑰦𑰿𑰤𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀩𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• စုမ္ဗ် (Burmese script)
• ચુમ્બ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਚੁਮ੍ਬ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑍁𑌮𑍍𑌬𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦸꦩ꧀ꦧ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂳𑂧𑂹𑂥𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಚುಮ್ಬ್ (Kannada script)
• ចុម្ព៑ (Khmer script)
• ຈຸມ຺ພ຺ (Lao script)
• ചുമ്ബ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᡠᠮᠪ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘳𑘦𑘿𑘤𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠤᠮᠪ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧔𑧆𑧠𑧄𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐸𑐩𑑂𑐧𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଚୁମ୍ବ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢗꢸꢪ꣄ꢨ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆶𑆩𑇀𑆧𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖲𑖦𑖿𑖤𑖿 (Siddham script)
• චුම‍්බ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩒𑩴 𑪙𑩲 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚰𑚢𑚶𑚠𑚶 (Takri script)
• சும்ப்³ (Tamil script)
• చుమ్బ్ (Telugu script)
• จุมฺพฺ (Thai script)
• ཙུ་མྦ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒳𑒧𑓂𑒥𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨃𑨢𑩇𑨠𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian. Compare Tamil சூம்பு (cūmpu, “to suck, fondle with the lips”), Kumarbhag Paharia [script needed] (cumqe, “to kiss”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕumb/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕumb/

Root

चुम्ब् • (cumb)

1. to kiss
2. to touch with the mouth
3. to touch closely or softly

Derived terms

• चुचुम्ब (cucumba)
• चुम्ब (cumba)
• चुम्बति (cumbati)
• चुम्बयति (cumbayati)
• चुम्ब्यमान (cumbyamāna)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “चुम्ब्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0400/2.
• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “चुम्ब्”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 048
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 194
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “चुम्ब्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016