A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages

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kandūraka 2729 kandūraka m. ʻ a kind of fragrant substance ʼ lex. [Cf. kunduru -- ]
H. kãdūrī f. ʻ olibanum ʼ.

kandhara 2730 kandhara m. ʻ neck ʼ Yājñ. [A. Master BSOAS xii 352 ← Drav. cf. Tel. kandamu ʻ neck ʼ; but see kaṇṭhá -- ]
Pk. kaṁdharā -- f.; OMth. kāndhara ʻ shoulder ʼ; H. kānhar m. ʻ the wooden washer on inner end of the board on which the driver sits at an oil -- press ʼ shaped like a neck or shoulder: see illustration in BPL 48.
Addenda: kandhara -- : Md. kan̆durā ʻ nape ʼ.

kannasī 2731 *kannasī ʻ file ʼ.
S. kanãhĩ f. ʻ three -- cornered file for sharpening saws ʼ; G. kānas f. ʻ file, saw ʼ; M. kānas m.f. ʻ file, saw ʼ, kānasṇẽ ʻ to file ʼ.

2732 kanya -- , °aka -- ʻ the smallest ʼ lex. [*kana -- ]
Paš. kuṛ. kaṅgučīˊ aṅguṛīˊk ʻ little finger ʼ < kanyaka<-> with -- učī(?) IIFL iii 3, 95.
kanyāˋ -- , kanyikā -- , kanyálā -- , kanyasa -- , kanyasā -- ; kanyakubja -- , *kanyāṅguli -- .
Addenda: kanya -- : WPah.kṭg. kɔnnɔ ʻ little, younger ʼ, J. kannā.

kanyakubja 2733 kanyakubja n. ʻ name of a town ʼ (= *kanoguza), kān° MBh., kanyāk° lex. [kanya -- , kubjá -- ]
Pk. Kaṇṇaüjja -- m.n., Or. Kānauja, H. Kanauj m.
kānyakubja -- .

kanyálā 2734 kanyálā f. ʻ maiden ʼ AV. [kanya -- ]
S. kañirī f. ʻ prostitute ʼ (whence m. kañaru m. ʻ a caste who play, sing and dance ʼ).

kanyasa 2735 kanyasa ʻ younger ʼ MBh. [Comparative of *kana -- , cf. kánīyas -- ]
Pk. kaṇṇasa -- ʻ youngest, lowest ʼ; K. kū̃su m., kū̃sü f. ʻ youngest brother or sister ʼ; Ku. kã̄so ʻ younger ʼ; N. kāncho ʻ younger, the youngest brother ʼ, °chi ʻ the youngest sister ʼ.
kanyasā -- .
Addenda: kanyasa -- : WPah.Wkc. kanċho ʻ small, smallest ʼ, J. kaṇchā ʻ younger, youngest ʼ (Him.I 17 suggests ns > nċh as nś > nch).

kanyasā 2736 kanyasā f. ʻ little finger ʼ lex. [kanyasa -- ]
N. kānchi aũlo, A. kensā āṅguli.
Addenda: kanyasā -- : WPah.Wkc. kanċhe ɔṇṭhe f. ʻ little finger ʼ.

kanyāˋ 2737 kanyāˋ f. ʻ maiden ʼ RV., °yakā -- f. MBh. [kanya -- , *kana -- ]
Pa. kaññā -- f., Pk. kaṇṇā -- , °ṇagā -- , ś. kajjaā -- , paiś. kaṁcā -- f., S. kañā f., L. kanj f. -- A. kanāi ʻ bundle of seven figs, rice and dūrvā grass placed in a girl's lap at puberty ceremony ʼ < kanyāˋ -- + ? -- P. ludh. kanneā f. ʻ girl ʼ (B. D. Jain PhonPj 116) ← Sk.

kanyāṅguli 2738 *kanyāṅguli ʻ little finger ʼ. [kanya -- , aṅgúli -- ]
H. kaṅguriyā f.

kanyikā 2739 kanyikā f. ʻ girl ʼ lex., ʻ *little finger ʼ. [kanya -- ]
H. kã̄nī f. ʻ little finger ʼ.
kapaṭa -- see kāpaṭa -- .
kapaṭī -- see kapala -- .
kapanāˊ -- see kambalin -- .

kaparda 2740 kaparda m. ʻ a small shell ʼ lex., °daka -- m., °dikā -- f. ʻ cowrie ʼ Hit. [← Drav. T. Burrow BSOAS xii 370]
Pk. kavaḍḍa -- m. ʻ big cowry ʼ, °ḍī -- f. ʻ small do. ʼ; S. koḍ̠u m. ʻ shell hung round neck of cattle ʼ, °ḍ̠o m. ʻ a kind of shell ʼ, °ḍ̠ī f. ʻ Cypraea moneta or cowry ʼ; L. kauḍ m. ʻ conch ʼ, °ḍī f. ʻ cowry (used as money or as ornament for animals) ʼ; P. kauḍ m. ʻ a large shell ʼ, °ḍā m. ʻ id., tortoise ʼ, kauḍī f., ludh. kauḍḍī f. ʻ cowry ʼ; WPah. bhal. kauṛie n. ʻ a game played with cowries ʼ; Ku. kauṛī ʻ cowry ʼ; N. kauṛi ʻ cowry ʼ, °ṛo ʻ indent on a khukri blade ʼ; A. kaṛā ʻ cowry ʼ, B. kaṛā, °ṛī, Or. kaüṛa, °ṛī, Mth. kauṛi, Aw. lakh. kauṛī, H. kauṛā m., °ṛī f., Marw. koṛī f.; G. kɔḍũ n. ʻ sea -- shell ʼ, °ḍɔ m. ʻ large cowry ʼ, °ḍī f. ʻ small do. ʼ, M. kavḍā m., °ḍī f., Ko. kavḍi f., Si. kavaḍiya. -- Paš. kawāˊṛ ʻ small piece ʼ rather < kavaḍa -- s.v. kavala -- .
kapardín -- ; *niṣkapardika -- .
Addenda: kaparda -- : S.kcch. koḍī f. ʻ small cowry ʼ, A. kari (phonet. kori) AFD 234.

kapardakara 2741 *kapardakara ʻ worker in cowries ʼ. [kaparda -- , kará -- 1]
S. koḍ̠yaru m. ʻ seller of cowries ʼ.

kapardín 2742 kapardín ʻ having braided hair ʼ RV., ʻ *having or wearing or like or worth cowries ʼ. [kaparda -- ]
P. kauḍiā m. ʻ a slave bought for a cowry, a spotted snake ʼ; Or. kaüṛiā ʻ valuable ʼ, akaüṛiā ʻ penniless ʼ; H. kauṛiyā ʻ wearing cowries ʼ.

kapala 2743 kapala n. ʻ part, half ʼ ŚāṅkhŚr. [Cf. kapaṭī -- f. ʻ measure equal to a double handful ʼ; prob. to be separated from kavala -- , but see EWA i 154 -- 5 with lit.]
P. kaulā m. ʻ part of a wall between two doors ʼ, kaulī f. ʻ armful, embrace ʼ; H. kaulā m. ʻ side wall, armful ʼ, °lī f. ʻ armful, bundle of corn given to village servant ʼ; M. kavaḷ f.n. ʻ loppings of bushes ʼ, n., kavḷā m. ʻ quantity embraced, armful ʼ.
*kapalla -- ʻ skull ʼ see kapāˊla -- .
kapāṭa -- see kavāṭa -- .

kapāˊla 2744 kapāˊla n. ʻ skull, cranium ʼ AV., ʻ cup, jar, bowl ʼ TS., ʻ beggar's bowl ʼ Mn., kapālikā -- f. ʻ sherd ʼ Kauś. 2. *kapalla -- . 3. *kabhalla -- beside bhágāla -- PārGr̥. 4. *kappāla -- . [Although IE. (cf. OEng. hafola ʻ head ʼ) EWA i 155, the variant MIA. and NIA. forms suggest at least influence by Austro -- as. ND 73 b 27]
1. Pa. kapāla -- n. ʻ skull, begging bowl, frying -- pan (usu. iron), potsherd ʼ, °aka -- n. ʻ small bowl ʼ; Pk. kavāla -- n. ʻ skull ʼ; K. kwöjü f. ʻ a stone mortar for pounding spices &c. ʼ; -- Ko. kavaḷigā ʻ brass vessel ʼ ← Kan. kavalige ʻ metal vessel ʼ←IA. S.M. Katre IL xvi 321.
2. Pa. kapalla -- n. ʻ earthenware pan, frying -- pan ʼ, °aka<-> n. ʻ small do. ʼ; Pk. kavalla -- m.n. ʻ iron pot ʼ, °lī -- f. ʻ cup, vessel for molasses &c. ʼ; P. kaul m. ʻ metal cup or bowl ʼ, °lī f. ʻ little brass bowl ʼ; M. kaul n. ʻ tile ʼ.
3. Pk. kabhalla -- n. ʻ skull ʼ, Si. kabala ʻ skull, shell (of tortoise), potsherd ʼ, käballa ʻ piece, slice ʼ, käbilitta ʻ potsherd ʼ H. Smith JA 1950, 188.
4. Ḍ. k*lpōl m. ʻ head ʼ; Paš. kapāˊl ʻ head, skull ʼ, Kho. kapál (→ Wkh. kapāl Rep1 79); Tor. Sh. kapāˊlo ʻ forehead ʼ; K. kapāl m. ʻ skull ʼ; S. kapāru m. ʻ skull, cranium ʼ; P. kapāl m. ʻ skull, forehead ʼ; WPah. paṅ. kupāḷ ʻ head ʼ, bhad. kapāl n. ʻ forehead ʼ, bhal. kapā n., Ku. kapāl; N. kapāl ʻ head ʼ; A. B. kapāl ʻ forehead, fate ʼ, Or. kapāḷa; Bi. Mth. kapār ʻ head, forehead ʼ; OAw. kapāru ʻ head ʼ; H. kapār, °āl m., °ārī f. ʻ skull ʼ; G. M. kapāḷ n. ʻ skull, forehead ʼ.
kāpāla -- ; *kapālāgāra -- ; *ardhakapāla -- .
Addenda: kapāˊla -- . 4. *kappāla -- (X karpara -- ~ *kōppara -- ? -- see *khōppa -- 1 Add2): S.kcch. kippār m. ʻ forehead ʼ.

kapālāgāra 2745 *kapālāgāra n. ʻ tiled house ʼ. [kapāˊla -- , agāra -- ].
M. kaulār n. ʻ tiled roof ʼ (less likely than a M. deriv. of kaul with LM 146).

kapí 2746 kapí1 m. ʻ monkey ʼ RV.
Pa. kapi -- , kavi -- m., Pk. kavi -- , kaï -- m., OSi. (Brāhmī) kapi, Si. kiviyā ʻ black monkey ʼ.
kapilá -- ; kapikacchū -- ; kapiśīrṣa -- .

kapi 2747 kapi2 m. ʻ Emblica officinalis, a species of the tree Pongamia glabra, olibanum ʼ lex., kapikā -- f. ʻ Vitex negundo ʼ lex.
Pa. kapilā -- f. ʻ name of two plants ʼ; Paš. lauṛ. kayāˊ ʻ edible pine cone ʼ, ar. kaya ʻ olive ʼ; Shum. kōu ʻ olive ʼ, Gaw. kou; L. kau m. ʻ wild olive, Olea cuspidata ʼ; P. kaū m. ʻ olive tree, Olea ferruginea ʼ.
kapikacchurā -- see next.

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