# कुम्भ
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* kumbha (Latin script)
* 𑀓𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀪 (Brahmi script)
* কুম্ভ (Bengali script)
* කුම‍්භ (Sinhalese script)
* ကုမ္ဘ or ၵုမ္ꧤ or ၵုမ်ꧤ (Burmese script)
* กุมฺภ or กุมภะ (Thai script)
* ᨠᩩᨾ᩠ᨽ (Tai Tham script)
* ກຸມ຺ຠ or ກຸມຠະ (Lao script)
* កុម្ភ (Khmer script)
* 𑄇𑄪𑄟𑄴𑄞 (Chakma script)

### Noun

कुम्भ m
* Devanagari script form of kumbha (“water pot”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* কুম্ভ (Assamese script)
* ᬓᬸᬫ᭄ᬪ (Balinese script)
* কুম্ভ (Bengali script)
* 𑰎𑰲𑰦𑰿𑰥 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀓𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀪 (Brahmi script)
* ကုမ္ဘ (Burmese script)
* કુમ્ભ (Gujarati script)
* ਕੁਮ੍ਭ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌕𑍁𑌮𑍍𑌭 (Grantha script)
* ꦏꦸꦩ꧀ꦨ (Javanese script)
* 𑂍𑂳𑂧𑂹𑂦 (Kaithi script)
* ಕುಮ್ಭ (Kannada script)
* កុម្ភ (Khmer script)
* ກຸມ຺ຠ (Lao script)
* കുമ്ഭ (Malayalam script)
* ᡬᡠᠮᢨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘎𑘳𑘦𑘿𑘥 (Modi script)
* ᢉᠤᠮᠪᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦮𑧔𑧆𑧠𑧅 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐎𑐸𑐩𑑂𑐨 (Newa script)
* କୁମ୍ଭ (Odia script)
* ꢒꢸꢪ꣄ꢩ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆑𑆶𑆩𑇀𑆨 (Sharada script)
* 𑖎𑖲𑖦𑖿𑖥 (Siddham script)
* කුම‍්භ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩜𑩒𑩴 𑪙𑩳 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚊𑚰𑚢𑚶𑚡 (Takri script)
* கும்ப⁴ (Tamil script)
* కుమ్భ (Telugu script)
* กุมฺภ (Thai script)
* ཀུ་མྦྷ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒏𑒳𑒧𑓂𑒦 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨋𑨃𑨢𑩇𑨡 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kumbʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰumbʰás. Cognate with Avestan 𐬑𐬎𐬨𐬠𐬀 (xumba), Tajik хум (xum), Yagnobi [script needed] (humb).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kum.bʱɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈkum.bʱɐ/

### Noun

कुम्भ • (kumbhá) stem, m
* a jar, pitcher, water-pot, ewer, small water-jar
* an urn in which the bones of a dead person are collected
* (astrology, astronomy) The sign of the zodiac Aquarius
* a measure of grain (equal to twenty द्रोणs, a little more than three bushels and three gallons ; commonly called a comb ; some make it two द्रोणs or sixty-four Seers)
* the frontal globe or prominence on the upper part of the forehead of an elephant (there are two of these prominences which swell in the rutting season)

#### Derived terms

* करिकुम्भ (karikumbha)
* कुम्भकार (kumbhakāra)

#### Descendants

* Niya Prakrit: 𐨐𐨂𐨎𐨦 (kuṃba)
* Pali: kumbha
** → Burmese: ကုံ (kum) (or directly from Sanskrit)
** → Khmer: កុម្ភៈ (komphĕəʼ)
** → Thai: กุมภ์ (gum) (or directly from Sanskrit)
* Prakrit: kuṃbha
    Brahmi script: 𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀪
    Devanagari script: कुंभ
    Kannada script: ಕುಂಭ
** Old Marathi: kuṃbha
    Devanagari script: कुंभ
    Modi script: 𑘎𑘳𑘽𑘥
    Marathi: कुंभ (kumbha)
* Assamese: কুম্ভ (kumbho)
* Bengali: কুম্ভ (kumbho)
* English: kumbha
* Gujarati: કુંભ (kumbh)
* Hindustani: kumbh
    Hindi: कुंभ
    Urdu: کُمْبھ (kumbh)
* Indonesian: kumba
* → Kannada: ಕುಂಭ (kumbha)
* Maithili: kumbh
    Devanagari script: कुम्भ
    Tirhuta script: 𑒏𑒳𑒧𑓂𑒦
* → Malayalam: കുംഭം (kumbhaṁ)
* Marathi: कुंभ (kumbha)
* Marwari:
    Devanagari script: कुंभ (kumbh)
    Mahajani script: 𑅕𑅒𑅧𑅫 (kunbh)
* Odia: କୁମ୍ଭ (kumbha)
* Old Punjabi: ਕੁੰਭੁ (kumbhu)
** Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਕੁੰਭ (kumbh)
    Shahmukhi script: کُنبھ (kunbh)
* → Tamil: கும்பம் (kumpam)
* → Telugu: కుంభము (kumbhamu)

### See also

Zodiac signs in Sanskrit (layout · text) :
| मेष (meṣa) | ऋषभ (ṛṣabha) | मिथुन (mithuna) | कर्कटक (karkaṭaka) |
| सिंह (siṃha) | कन्या (kanyā) | तुला (tulā) | वृश्चिक (vṛścika) |
| धनु (dhanu) | मकर (makara) | कुम्भ (kumbha) | मीन (mīna) |

### Further reading

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kumbhá$^1$”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 170
* Monier Williams (1899) “कुम्भ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 293, column 1.