कुटुम्ब

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From कुटि (kuṭi, a hut, cottage) + *उम्ब (umba, suffix of indeterminate origin).

Pronunciation

Noun

कुटुम्ब • (kuṭumba) stem, n

  1. a household, members of a household, family
  2. the care of a family, housekeeping (hence metaphorically, care or anxiety about anything)

Declension

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Descendants

References

  • Monier Williams (1899), कुटुम्ब”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 288/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 362
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