खोपड़ी

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀔𑁄𑀧𑁆𑀧 (*khoppa, “coconut shell”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-).[1] There are a whole set of wildly varying yet similar forms of this word attested through New Indo-Aryan, pointing to a substrate borrowing: Sanskrit खर्पर (kharpara) (whence Hindi खप्पर (khappar), खप्पड़ (khappaṛ)), Ashokan Prakrit *𑀓𑁄𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀭 (*koppara), and perhaps Sanskrit कपाल (kapā́la).

Cognate with Punjabi ਖੋਪੜ (khopaṛ), Gujarati ખોપરી (khoprī), Nepali खोपडी (khopaḍī).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kʰoːp.ɽiː/

Noun

खोपड़ी • (khopṛī) f (Urdu spelling کھوپڑی)

  1. (anatomy) head; skull
    Synonyms: सिर (sir), सर (sar), मूर्धा (mūrdhā), कपाल (kapāl)
    मैंने ग़लती से गिलास को उसके खोपड़ी पे गिराया।
    ma͠ine ġaltī se gilās ko uske khopṛī pe girāyā.
    I accidentally dropped a glass on his skull.

Declension
Declension of खोपड़ी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct खोपड़ी
khopṛī		 खोपड़ियाँ
khopṛiyā̃
oblique खोपड़ी
khopṛī		 खोपड़ियों
khopṛiyõ
vocative खोपड़ी
khopṛī		 खोपड़ियो
khopṛiyo

References
  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khōppa1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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