चुम्ब्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • চুম্ব্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬘᬸᬫ᭄ᬩ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • চুম্ব্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰓𑰲𑰦𑰿𑰤𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀘𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀩𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • စုမ္ဗ် (Burmese script)
  • ચુમ્બ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਚੁਮ੍ਬ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌚𑍁𑌮𑍍𑌬𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦕꦸꦩ꧀ꦧ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂒𑂳𑂧𑂹𑂥𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಚುಮ್ಬ್ (Kannada script)
  • ចុម្ព៑ (Khmer script)
  • ຈຸມ຺ພ຺ (Lao script)
  • ചുമ്ബ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᢜᡠᠮᠪ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘓𑘳𑘦𑘿𑘤𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᢋᠤᠮᠪ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦳𑧔𑧆𑧠𑧄𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐔𑐸𑐩𑑂𑐧𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଚୁମ୍ବ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢗꢸꢪ꣄ꢨ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆖𑆶𑆩𑇀𑆧𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖓𑖲𑖦𑖿𑖤𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • චුම‍්බ් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩡𑩒𑩴 𑪙𑩲 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚏𑚰𑚢𑚶𑚠𑚶 (Takri script)
  • சும்ப்³ (Tamil script)
  • చుమ్బ్ (Telugu script)
  • จุมฺพฺ (Thai script)
  • ཙུ་མྦ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒔𑒳𑒧𑓂𑒥𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨣𑨃𑨢𑩇𑨠𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin; compare चूष् (cūṣ, “to suck”).

Pronunciation

Root

चुम्ब् • (cumb)

  1. to kiss
  2. to touch with the mouth
  3. to touch closely or softly

Derived terms

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “चुम्ब्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0400/2.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “चुम्ब्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 048
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 194
  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “चुम्ब्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
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