# कर्पास
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* কৰ্পাস (Assamese script)
* ᬓᬃᬧᬵᬲ (Balinese script)
* কর্পাস (Bengali script)
* 𑰎𑰨𑰿𑰢𑰯𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀓𑀭𑁆𑀧𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
* ကရ်္ပါသ (Burmese script)
* કર્પાસ (Gujarati script)
* ਕਰ੍ਪਾਸ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌪𑌾𑌸 (Grantha script)
* ꦏꦂꦥꦴꦱ (Javanese script)
* 𑂍𑂩𑂹𑂣𑂰𑂮 (Kaithi script)
* ಕರ್ಪಾಸ (Kannada script)
* កប៌ាស (Khmer script)
* ກຣ຺ປາສ (Lao script)
* കര്പാസ (Malayalam script)
* ᡬᠠᡵᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘎𑘨𑘿𑘢𑘰𑘭 (Modi script)
* ᢉᠠᠷᢒᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦮𑧈𑧠𑧂𑧑𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐎𑐬𑑂𑐥𑐵𑐳 (Newa script)
* କର୍ପାସ (Odia script)
* ꢒꢬ꣄ꢦꢵꢱ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆑𑆫𑇀𑆥𑆳𑆱 (Sharada script)
* 𑖎𑖨𑖿𑖢𑖯𑖭 (Siddham script)
* කර්‍පාස (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩜𑩼 𑪙𑩰𑩛𑪁 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚊𑚤𑚶𑚞𑚭𑚨 (Takri script)
* கர்பாஸ (Tamil script)
* కర్పాస (Telugu script)
* กรฺปาส (Thai script)
* ཀ་རྤཱ་ས (Tibetan script)
* 𑒏𑒩𑓂𑒣𑒰𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨋𑨫𑩇𑨞𑨊𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

A foreign Wanderwort, likely borrowed from an eastern substrate. Compare Burushaski [script needed] (γupas), Proto-Austroasiatic *k-rn-pas, whence Proto-Mon-Khmer *kpaas․

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kɐɾ.pɑ́ː.sɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /kɐɾˈpɑː.s̪ɐ/

### Noun

कर्पास • (karpā́sa) stem, m or n
* cotton, Gossypium arboreum (material and plant)

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kashmiri: کَپَس (kapas)
** → Proto-Nuristani:
*** Kamkata-viri: karbeso
* Pali: kappāsa, kappāsī
* Prakrit: 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸𑀲 (kappāsa), 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸𑀲𑀻 (kappāsī)
** Central:
*** Ardhamagadhi Prakrit:
**** Old Awadhi: कपास (kapāsa)
*** Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸𑀲 (kappāsa)
**** Hindustani: kapās
***** Hindi: कपास
***** Urdu: کَپَاس (kapās)
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Assamese: কপাহ (kopah)
**** Bengali: কাপাস (kapaś)
**** Bihari: कपास (kapās)
***** Bhojpuri: कपास (kapās)
**** Odia: କପା (kapā)
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Central Pahari:
***** Kumaoni: कपास (kapās)
**** Eastern Pahari:
***** Nepali: कपास (kapās), कबास (kabās), कपासि (kapāsi)
** Northwestern:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Takka Apabhramsa:
***** Lahnda: کپاہ (kapāh)
***** Punjabi: kapāh, kupāh
    Gurmukhi script: ਕਪਾਹ, ਕੁਪਾਹ
    Shahmukhi script: کَپَاہ, کُپَاہ
**** Vracada Apabhramsa:
***** Sindhi: kapāha
    Arabic script: ڪَپَاهَ
    Devanagari script: कपाह
** Southern:
*** Helu Prakrit:
**** Dhivehi: ކަފަ (kafa)
**** Sinhalese: කපු (kapu)
*** Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸𑀲 (kappāsa)
**** Konkani: kāppūsa
    Devanagari script: काप्पूस
    Kannada script: ಕಾಪ್ಪೂಸ
    Latin script: kappus
**** Marathi: कपास (kapās), कापूस (kāpūs), कपशी (kapśī)
** Western:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸𑀲 (kappāsa)
**** Gujarati: કપાસ (kapās)
Borrowed terms
* → Bengali: কর্পাস (korpaś)
* → Burushaski: gupáas
** → Domaaki: gupā́sa
* → Persian: کَروَاس (karvâs), کرباس (karbâs), کرپاس (karpâs)
** → Aramaic:
    Jewish Literary Aramaic: כרפסא (*karpāsā)
    Classical Syriac: ܟܪܒܣܐ (karbāsā)
*** → Arabic: كِرْبَاس (kirbās)
** → Kalasha: کروس (kravas)
** → Khowar: کروس (karvás)
** → Shina: کھیاس (khayās)
* → Newar: कपाय् (kapæ)
* → Arabic: كُرْسُف (kursuf), كُرْفُس (kurfus) — hardly found in use, apparently original form obsolete by the time Arabic is usually attested
** → Ancient Greek: γοσσύπιον (gossúpion)
*** → Latin: gossypium
** → Ottoman Turkish: كرسف (kırsef)
* → Old Armenian: կերպաս (kerpas) (via Iranian)
* → Middle Chinese: 古貝 (MC kuX pajH), 劫波育 (MC kjaep pa yuwk) (possibly via Prakrit)
* → Tocharian B: *kampās
* → Hebrew: כַּרְפַּס (karpás)
** → Ancient Greek: κάρπᾰσος (kárpasos), κάλπᾰσος (kálpasos)
*** ⇒ Ancient Greek: καρπᾰ́σινος (karpásinos, “fabric made of cotton”)
*** → Latin: carbasus (“fabric of cotton”)
* → Malay: kapas
** → Indonesian: kapas
* → Ilocano: kapas
* → Tagalog: kapas
* → Waray-Waray: gapas
* → Khmer: កប្បាស (kɑpbaah)

### References

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karpasa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 146
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 317-318
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 174-175