# कम्बल
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /kəm.bəl/, [kɐ̃m.bɐl]

### Noun

कम्बल • (kambal) m
* Alternative spelling of कंबल (kambal)

#### Declension
## Nepali
### Alternative forms

* काम्लो (kāmlo)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कम्बल (kambala).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kʌmbʌl]
* Phonetic Devanagari: कम्बल्

### Noun

कम्बल • (kambal)
* blanket

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* কম্বল (Assamese script)
* ᬓᬫ᭄ᬩᬮ (Balinese script)
* কম্বল (Bengali script)
* 𑰎𑰦𑰿𑰤𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀩𑀮 (Brahmi script)
* ကမ္ဗလ (Burmese script)
* કમ્બલ (Gujarati script)
* ਕਮ੍ਬਲ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌕𑌮𑍍𑌬𑌲 (Grantha script)
* ꦏꦩ꧀ꦧꦭ (Javanese script)
* 𑂍𑂧𑂹𑂥𑂪 (Kaithi script)
* ಕಮ್ಬಲ (Kannada script)
* កម្ពល (Khmer script)
* ກມ຺ພລ (Lao script)
* കമ്ബല (Malayalam script)
* ᡬᠠᠮᠪᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘎𑘦𑘿𑘤𑘩 (Modi script)
* ᢉᠠᠮᠪᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦮𑧆𑧠𑧄𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐎𑐩𑑂𑐧𑐮 (Newa script)
* କମ୍ବଲ (Odia script)
* ꢒꢪ꣄ꢨꢭ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆑𑆩𑇀𑆧𑆬 (Sharada script)
* 𑖎𑖦𑖿𑖤𑖩 (Siddham script)
* කම‍්බල (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩜𑩴 𑪙𑩲𑩽 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚊𑚢𑚶𑚠𑚥 (Takri script)
* கம்ப³ல (Tamil script)
* కమ్బల (Telugu script)
* กมฺพล (Thai script)
* ཀ་མྦ་ལ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒏𑒧𑓂𑒥𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨋𑨢𑩇𑨠𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Likely borrowed from Munda, from a prefixed form of Proto-Munda *bal (“hair”); compare Santali ᱠᱚᱢᱵᱨᱚ (kômbrô, “blanket”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kɐm.bɐ.lɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /kɐm.bɐ.l̪ɐ/

### Noun

कम्बल • (kambala) stem, m
* a (woolen) blanket or cloth or upper garment
* a dewlap
* a small worm or insect
* a sort of deer with a shaggy hairy coat

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Shina: کمل (kamalu)
** Kashmiri: کَمٔلِ (kamạli)
* Pali: kambala, kambalīya
* Prakrit: 𑀓𑀁𑀩𑀮 (kaṃbala)
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Assamese: কামলি (kamoli)
**** Bengali: কমলি (komoli)
**** Odia: କମ୍ବଳ (kambaḷa)
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Central Pahari:
***** Garhwali: काम्ळु (kāmḷu)
***** Kumaoni: काम्लो (kāmlo), काँमव (kā̃maw), काँमलो (kā̃malo)
**** Eastern Pahari:
***** Nepali: काम्लो (kāmlo)
**** Western Pahari:
***** Bhadrawahi: कम्मल (kammal)
***** Jaunsari: कामड (kāmaḍ), कामो (kāmo)
** Northwestern:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Takka Apabhramsa:
***** Lahnda: کمل (kammal)
***** Punjabi: kammal, kammlī, kambal, kamblī
    Gurmukhi script: ਕੰਮਲ, ਕੰਮਲੀ, ਕੰਬਲ, ਕੰਬਲੀ
    Shahmukhi script: کَمَّل, کَمّلِی, کَمبَل, کَمبلِی
****** → Awadhi: कंबरी (kambrī)
****** → Bengali: কম্বল (kombol)
****** → Bihari: कम्मल (kammal), कम्मर (kammar), कमरा (kamrā), कमरी (kamrī), कमरिया (kamriyā)
******* Bhojpuri: कमरा (kamᵊrā), कमरी (kamᵊrī)
******* Maithili: कम्मल (kammal), कम्मर (kammar), कमरि (kamᵊrɨ), कमरिआ (kamᵊriā)
****** → Hindustani: kambal, kammal, kamlī
******* Hindi: कंबल, कम्मल, कमली
******* Urdu: کَمبَل, کَمَّل (kammal), کَملِی (kamlī)
******** → Baluchi: کمبل
******** → Gulf Arabic: كَمْبَل
******** → Pashto: کمبله (“carpet”)
**** Vracada Apabhramsa:
***** Sindhi: kamari
    Arabic script: ڪَمَرِ
    Devanagari script: कमरि
****** Jadgali: [script needed] (kāmmaḷ)
** Southern:
*** Helu Prakrit:
**** Sinhalese: කඹල (kaᵐbala)
*** Maharastri Prakrit:
**** Marathi: कंबल (kambal), कांबळि (kāmbḷi), कांबळे (kāmbḷe), कांबळा (kāmbḷā), कांबळी (kāmbḷī)
** Western:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Gujarati: કાંબળો (kā̃baḷo), કાંબળી (kā̃baḷī), કામળિ (kāmaḷi), કામળી (kāmaḷī), કામળો (kāmaḷo)
***** → Dhivehi: ކަންބަޅި (kan̊baḷi)
**** Marwari: कांबळ (kā̃mbaḷ)
* → Malayalam: കമ്പിളി (kampiḷi), കമ്പളി (kampaḷi), കമ്പളം (kampaḷaṁ)
* → Nepali: कम्बल (kambal)
* → Tamil: கம்பளம் (kampaḷam)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “कम्बल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 252/3.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kambala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 139
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 306
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 161