कुम्भ

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰumbʰás. Cognate to Avestan 𐬑𐬎𐬨𐬠𐬀‎ (xumba), Tajik хум (xum), Yagnobi [script needed] (humb).

Pronunciation

Noun

कुम्भ • (kumbhá) m

  1. a jar, pitcher, water-pot, ewer, small water-jar.
  2. an urn in which the bones of a dead person are collected.
  3. (astronomy) The sign of the zodiac Aquarius.
  4. a measure of grain (equal to twenty द्रोणs, a little more than three bushels and three gallons ; commonly called a comb ; some make it two द्रोणs or sixty-four Seers).
  5. the frontal globe or prominence on the upper part of the forehead of an elephant (there are two of these prominences which swell in the rutting season).
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