कंबर

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کمر (kamar), from Middle Persian [script needed] (kml /⁠kamar⁠/, “waist, belt, girdle”). Compare Gujarati કમર (kamar), Hindi कमर (kamar), Punjabi ਕਮਰ (kamar), Bengali কোমর (kōmor).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kəm.bəɾ/

Noun

कंबर • (kambar) f

  1. waist

References
  • Berntsen, Maxine, “कंबर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “कमर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “कमर”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
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