कूल

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• IPA^(key): [kuːl]

कूल (kūl)

1. (anatomy) belly, stomach, abdomen

• Hahn, Ferb (1903) “कूल”, in Kurukh Orao English dictionary‎, Bengal Secretariat Press, Calcutta, page 92

Of unclear origin, with many theories proposed:

• Frei derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *kḷH-Ho-, from *kel- (“to drive”), and compares with Latin celer (“quick”). Mayrhofer seems to favor this derivation.
• From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”) and cognate with Latin cūlus (“posterior, buttocks; anus”) and Old Irish cúl (“back; rear”).
• From Proto-Indo-European *kl̥H-(l)o-m, from *kelH- (“to rise; hill”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not mentioned by Mayrhofer, but it's on the reconstruction page. Could it be sourced?”)
• Borrowed from Dravidian *kūl- (“to fall down; to sink”), and compared with Kannada ಕೂಲು (kūlu, “to fall down, be overturned”). Considering the Sanskrit word's Vedic presence, a borrowing is unlikely.
• Related to Proto-Iranian *káwfš (“hill, mountain”), whence Old Persian 𐎣𐎢𐎳 (kaufa, “mountain”). This is phonetically untenable.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kuː.lɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkuː.l̪ɐ/

कूल • (kūla) stem, n

1. a declivity, slope
2. a shore, bank
3. a heap, mound, tope

• Monier Williams (1899) “कूल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 300/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 387
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 255