गुल्म

Of unknown origin.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡúl.mɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡul̪.mɐ/

गुल्म • (gúlma) stem, m or n

1. A cluster or clump of trees, thicket, copse.
2. A bush, shrub.
3. A troop or guard of soldiers, body of troops, division of an army (consisting of 45 feet, 27 horses, 9 chariots, and 9 elephants, or of 135 feet, 81 horses, 27 chariots, and 27 elephants).
4. A fort or entrenchment.
5. Disciplining an army.
6. A chronic enlargement of the spleen or any glandular enlargement in the abdomen (as that of the mesenteric gland etc.)
7. The spleen.
8. A wharf or stairs.

• Pali: gumba
• Prakrit: 𑀕𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀫 (gumma)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Hindustani: gūmṛā, gumṭā
        • Hindi: गुमड़ा, गुमटा
        • Urdu: گُومڑَا (gūmṛā), گُمٹَا
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Central Pahari:
        • Kumaoni: गूम (gūm)
  • Northwestern:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Lahnda: گُمبَٹ (gumbaṭ), گُمَّٹ (gummaṭ)
        • Punjabi: gumm, gummā̃, gummī, gummhā̃, gummaṭ

          Gurmukhi script: ਗੁੱਮ, ਗੁੰਮਾਂ, ਗੁੰਮੀ, ਗੁੰਮ੍ਹਾਂ, ਗੁੱਮਟ

          Shahmukhi script: گُمّ, گُمَّاں, گُمِّی, گُمّہَاں, گُمَّٹ

      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi: gūmbaṭu

          Arabic script: گُومبَٽُ

          Devanagari script: गूंबटु

          • Kachchi: ગૂંભડ઼ો (gū̃bhṛo)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ގޮނބި (goᵐbi)
      • Sinhalese: ගුඹ (guᵐba), ගුමුව (gumuwa), ගොමුව (gomuwa)
  • Western:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Gujarati: ગુમડૂ (gumḍū)
  (see there for further descendants)

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gulma”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 226