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कूor ku cl. 2. P. kauti (Ved. kavīti, [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 95]), or cl. 1. Ā. kavate ([Dhātup. xxii, 54]), or cl. 6. kuvate ([ib.] [xxviii, 108]), or cl. 9. P. Ā. kūnāti or kunāti, kūnāte or kunāte (perf. 3. pl. cukuvur, [Bhaṭṭ.]), to sound, make any noise, cry out, moan, cry (as a bird), coo, hum (as a bee) &c., [Bhaṭṭ.] : cl. 1. kávate, to move, [Naigh. ii, 14] : Intens. Ā. kokūyate ([Nir.]; [Pāṇ.]) P. Ā. kokavīti and cokūyate ([Pāṇ. vii, 4, 63], [Kāś.]), to cry aloud, [Bhaṭṭ.]; [cf. Gk. κωκύω.]
kū́ ind. (= kvá) where? [RV. v, 74, 1.]
f. a female Piśāca or goblin, [L.]
kūṇकूण्cl. 1. kūṇati, to contract, shrink, shorten, [Kpr.] : Caus. P. Ā. kūṇayati, °te, to draw together, contract, close, [Dhātup. xxxiii, 15]; [xxxv, 42].
kūjकूज्cl. 1. P. kū́jati (perf. cukūja, [Kum. iii, 32] &c.), to make any inarticulate or monotonous sound, utter a cry (as a bird), coo (as a pigeon), caw (as a crow), warble, moan, groan, utter any indistinct sound, [AV. vii, 95, 2]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c.; ‘to fill with monotonous sounds’, &c. See kūjita; to blow or breathe (the flute), [BhP. x, 21, 2.]
kūlकूल्cl. 1. P. kūlati, ‘to cover, hide’, or ‘to keep off, obstruct’ (derived from kūla), [Dhātup. xv, 18.]
= √ kūḍ, q.v.
kūpकूप्cl. 10. P. kūpayati, to be weak, weaken, [Dhātup. xxxv, 17.]
kūḍकूड्cl. 6. P. kūḍati, to eat, graze, [Dhātup. xxviii, 88]; to become firm or fat or solid, [ib.] (v.l. kṛḍ).
(= kūl) cl. 10. P. kūḍayati (subj. 3. du. kūḻayātas), to burn, scorch, [RV. viii, 26, 10]; (impf. akūlayat), [AitBr. iv, 9]; [Kapiṣṭh. iv, 2.]
kūṭकूट्cl. 10. P. kūṭayati, to burn, [Dhātup. xxxv, 38]; to give pain, [ib.]; to be distressed, [ib.]; to counsel, advise, [ib.] : Ā. kūṭayate, to avoid or decline giving, [Dhātup. xxxiii, 28]; to render indistinct or unintelligible, render confused or foul, [ib.]; to be distressed, despair, [ib.]
kūṇiकूणिmfn. (= kuṇi) crooked-armed, [L.]
m. a sort of bird, [Gal.]
kūcīकूचीf. ([Uṇ. iv, 93]) a paint brush, pencil, [Suśr.]
See kūcikā.
kūcaकूचm. (= kuca) the female breast (especially that of a young or unmarried woman) Comm. on [Uṇ. iv, 91]
an elephant, [ib.]
kūdīकूदीkūdī́ f. a bunch of twigs, bunch (v.l. kūṭī́), [AV. v, 19, 12]; [Kauś.]
(accord. to [Kauś.], Sch. = badarī, ‘Christ's thorn’).
kūhāकूहाf. (= kuhī) a fog, [L.]
kūjaकूजm. ([Pāṇ. vii, 3, 59], [Kāś.]) cooing, murmuring, warbling, &c., [MBh. i, 4916]; [R. ii, 59, 10]
rumbling (as of the bowels, &c.), [Suśr.]
kūlaकूलkū́la n. a declivity, slope, [RV. viii, 47, 11]
a shore, bank, [ŚBr. xiv]; [Nir.]; [Mn.] &c. (ifc. [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 121]; [129] & [135]; f(A). , [MBh. xiv, 1163])
a heap, mound, tope, [Car.]
a pond or pool, [L.]
the rear of an army, [L.]
N. of a locality g. dhūmādi
[cf. aja-kūlā, anu-kūla, ut-k° &c.; cf. also Hib. cul, ‘custody, guard, defence, back part of anything’; col, ‘an impediment’; Lat. collis?]
kūliकूलिm. N. of a Brāhman, [Kathārṇ.]
kūmaकूमn. a lake, pond, [L.]
kūpīकूपीkū́pī f. a small well, [W.]
the navel, [W.]
a flask, bottle, [W.]
[cf. Gk. κύπη.]
kūpaकूपkū́pa m. (fr. 1. ku and áp?; cf. anūpá, dvīpá), a hole, hollow, cave, [RV. i, 105, 17]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] &c.
a pit well, [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]; [Mn.]; [Mṛcch.] &c.
a post to which a boat or ship is moored, [L.]
a mast, [L.]
a tree or rock in the midst of a river, [L.]
a leather oil vessel, [L.]
= mṛn-māna, [L.]
kūraकूरn. boiled rice, [Bhpr.]
kūrdकूर्द्cl. 1. P. Ā. kūrdati, °te (perf. cukūrda, [Hariv.]; aor. akūrdiṣṭa, [Bhaṭṭ.]), to leap, jump, [MBh. vi, 101]; [Hariv.]; [Bhaṭṭ.] : Ā. kūrdate, to play, [Dhātup. ii, 20.]
kūṭīकूटीkūṭī́ v.l. for kūdī́.
kūṭaकूटkū́ṭa n. the bone of the forehead with its projections or prominences, horn, [RV. x, 102, 4]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [AitBr.]
a kind of vessel or implement, [Kauś. 16]
kū́ṭa m. n. any prominence or projection (e.g. aṃsa-k°, akṣi-k°, qq.vv.)
summit, peak or summit of a mountain, [MBh.] &c.
summit, head i.e. the highest, most excellent, first, [BhP. ii, 9, 19]
a heap, multitude (e.g. abhra-k°, a multitude of clouds), [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.]
part of a plough, ploughshare, body of a plough, [L.]
an iron mallet, [MBh. xvi, 4, 6]
a trap for catching deer, concealed weapon (as a dagger in a wooden case, sword-stick, &c.), [R.]; [Pañcat.]
(as, [L.]; am) illusion, fraud, trick, untruth, falsehood, [L.]
a puzzling question, enigma, [BhP. vi, 5, 10] and [29]
kū́ṭa m. a kind of hall (= maṇḍapa), [Hcat.]
N. of a particular constellation, [VarBṛ. xii, 8] and [16]
a subdivision of Graha-yuddha, [Sūryas.]
a mystical N. of the letter kṣa, [RāmatUp.]
N. of Agastya (cf. kuṭaja), [L.]
of an enemy of Viṣṇu, [R.]; [BhP. x]
kū́ṭa m. n. uniform substance (as the ethereal element, &c.), [L.]
a water-jar, [Hcar.]
a kind of plant, [L.]
kū́ṭa mf(I). a house, dwelling (cf. kuṭa and kuṭī), [L.]
kūṭá mf(A/)n. not horned or cornuted (as an animal with incomplete continuations of the bone of the forehead), [AV. xii, 4, 3]; [TS. i]; [Kāṭh.] &c.
false, untrue, deceitful, [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]; [Kathās.] &c.
base (as coins), [Yājñ. ii, 241]
kū́ṭa m. an ox whose horns are broken, [L.]
kū́ṭa n. counterfeited objects (of a merchant), [VarBṛ. xiv, 3.]
kūśmaकूश्मkūśmá as, m. (probably) N. of an imp or goblin, [VS. xxv, 7]
(kūṣmá), [MaitrS. iii, 15, 9.]
kūcidकूचिद्kū—cid ind. (kū́-) anywhere, [RV. ix, 87, 8]
kūjinकूजिन्mfn. warbling, &c.
making a rumbling sound in the bowels, [Suśr.]
kūjyaकूज्यmfn. (p. fut. Pass.), [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 59], [Kāś.]
kūlinकूलिन्mfn. furnished with banks or shores g. balādi
&c. See kū́la.
kūlvaकूल्वmfn. ‘bald’, only in áti-k° v.l. for áti-kulva, q.v.
kūlyāकूल्याf. a stream, [Hir.]
kūlyaकूल्यkū́lya mfn. belonging to a bank, [VS. xvi, 42.]
kūpatकूपत्ind. g. cādi.
kūpyaकूप्यkū́pya mf(A)n. (g. gav-ādi) being in a hole or well, [VS.]; [TS.]; [TBr.]; [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]
kūḍyaकूड्यn. (= kuḍya) a wall, [L.]
kūrcaकूर्चkūrcá m. rarely n. (g. ardharcādi) a bunch of anything, bundle of grass, &c. (often used as a seat), [TS. vii]; [ŚBr.] &c.
a fan, brush, [NarasP.]
a handful of Kuśa grass or peacock's feathers Comm. on [MBh.]
(as), m. (am, n., [L.]) ‘ball, roll’, N. of certain parts of the human body (as the hands, feet, neck, and the membrum virile), [Suśr.]
kūrcá m. n. the upper part of the nose (the part between the eyebrows), [L.]
(as, [L.]; am) the beard, [Kād.]; [Rājat.]; [BhavP.]
(beard of a buck) Comm. on [KātyŚr.]
(Prākṛt kucca), [Śak.]
the tip of the thumb and middle finger brought in contact so as to pinch &c., [W.]
deceit, fraud, hypocrisy, [L.]
false praise, unmerited commendation either of one's self or another person, boasting, flattery, [L.]
hardness, solidity, [L.]
kūrcá (as), m. the head, [L.]
a store-room, [L.]
the mystical syllable huṃ, or hrūṃ.
kūrdaकूर्दm. ‘a jump’, prajāpateḥ k°, ‘Prajāpati's jump’, N. of a Sāman.
kūrmīकूर्मी(ā), f. a female tortoise
kūrmaकूर्मkūrmá as, m. a tortoise, turtle, [VS.]; [TS.] &c. (ifc. f(A). , [MBh. iv, 2016])
the earth considered as a tortoise swimming on the waters (see -vibhāga)
(hence) N. of the fourteenth Adhyāya of [VarBṛS.]; [VarYogay. ix, 4]
a particular figure or intertwining of the fingers (mudrā), [Tantras.]
one of the outer winds of the body (causing the closing of the eyes), [Vedāntas.]
N. of a deity, [Rasik.]
of a serpent or Kādraveya king, [MBh. i, 2549]
of a Ṛṣi (son of Gṛtsa-mada, author of [RV. ii, 27]-[29]), [RAnukr.]
Viṣṇu's second incarnation (descent in the form of a tortoise to support the mountain Mandara at the churning of the ocean), [NarasP.] &c.
[cf. κλέμμυς, χέλυς, χελώνη.]
kūrmiकूर्मिand °rmin. See tuvi-k°.
kūrpaकूर्पn. the space between the eyebrows, [L.]
kūṣmaकूष्मkūṣmá v.l. for kūśmá, q.v.
kūṇikāकूणिकाf. the horn of any animal, [L.]
the peg of a lute (= kalikā), [L.]
kūṇikaकूणिकm. N. of a prince of Campā, [HPariś.]
(kūnika), [VP.]
kūṇitaकूणितmfn. contracted, shut, closed, [Suśr.]
kūbarīकूबरीkūbarī́ (ī́), f. id., [ŚBr.]; [ŚāṅkhBr.] &c.
a carriage drawn by oxen, [L.]
kūbaraकूबरkū́bara m. n. the pole of a carriage or the wooden frame to which the yoke is fixed, [MaitrS.]; [Gobh.]; [MBh.] &c. (ifc. f(A). , [Hcat.])
kū́bara (as), m. a hump-backed man, [L.]
kū́bara mfn. beautiful, agreeable, [L.]
kūcīkāकूचीकाf. a sort of animal (belonging to the division called bhūmi-śaya), [Car. i, 27.]
kūcakāकूचकाf. the milky juice of a bulbous plant (= kūrcikā), [L.]
kūcikāकूचिकाf. a small brush or hair-pencil, [L.]
a key, [L.] (cf. kūrcikā.)
kūdaraकूदरm. ‘sprung from a bad womb’, the offspring of a Brāhman woman (by a Ṛṣi) begotten during menstruation, [BrahmaP.]
See 1. ku.
kūhanāकूहनाf. (= kuh°) hypocrisy, [L.]
kūjakaकूजकmf(ikA)n. ‘cooing, warbling’, &c.
See kala-k°.
kūjanaकूजनn. the uttering of any inarticulate sound, cooing, moaning
the rattling of wheels, [Pāṇ. i, 3, 21], Vārtt.
rumbling of the bowels, [Suśr.]
kūjitaकूजितmfn. uttered inarticulately, cooed, &c., [Vikr.] &c.
filled with monotonous sounds, &c., [R. iii, 78, 27]; [Vet.]
n. the cry of a bird, cooing, warbling, cackling, &c., [R.]; [Mālav.]; [Vikr.] &c.
kūkudaकूकुदm. one who gives a girl in marriage with due ceremony and suitable decorations, [Hcat.]
kūlāsaकूलासg. saṃkalādi.
kūlabhūकूलभूkūla—bhū f. a bank, land upon the bank or shore, [L.]
kūlakaकूलकm. n. a bank, shore, [L.]
a mound, heap, tope, [L.]
m. an ant-hill, [L.]
N. of a mountain, [Divyāv.]
n. the plant Trichosanthes dioeca, [L.]
kūlikāकूलिकाf. bottom part of the Indian lute (cf. kūṇikā), [W.]
f. See kūlaka.
kūlikaकूलिकm. N. of a prince, [Mcar.]
kūlinīकूलिनीf. a river, [Rājat. v, 68.]
kūlitaकूलितmfn. burnt, scorched, [Suśr.]
kūpādaकूपादm. = kūkuda, [L.]
kūpāraकूपारm. (= akūp°) the ocean, [L.]
kūpāyaकूपायNom. Ā. °yate, to become a well, [Bhartṛ. ii, 78.]
kūpakhāकूपखाkūpa—khā m. Ved. a well-digger, [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 67] and [vi, 4, 41].
kūpajaकूपजkūpa—ja m. ‘produced from pores’, hair, [L.]
kūpakaकूपकm. (g. prekṣādi) a hole, hollow, cave, [L.]
the hollow below the loins, [L.]
a pore, [VarBṛS.]
a small well
a hole dug for water in the dry bed of a rivulet, [L.]
a stake &c. to which a boat is moored, [L.]
the mast of a vessel, [L.]
a rock or tree in the midst of a river, [L.]
a funeral pile (or ‘a hole dug under a funeral pile’), [L.]
a leather oil vessel, [L.]
= a-cyutā, [L.]
N. of a people, [Inscr.]
kūpikāकूपिकाf. a stone or rock in the middle of a stream, [L.]
= a-cyutā, [L.]
f. See kūpaka.
kūpikaकूपिकmfn. fr. kūpa, g. kumudādi
kūpuṣaकूपुषn. the bladder, [L.]
kūrcinकूर्चिन्mfn. having a long beard, [VarBṛ.]
kūrminकूर्मिन्kūrmi and °rmin. See tuvi-k°.
kūtanāकूतनाf. pl. N. of particular waters, [Kāṭh. xxx, 6]
(kótanā), [TS. iii, 3, 3, 1.]
kūvāraकूवार= kūpāra, q.v., [L.]
kūvaraकूवरfor kūbara, q.v.
kūṭāyuकूटायुm. a Moringa with red blossoms, [L.]
kūṭīkṛकूटीकृkūṭī-√ kṛ to heap Comm. on [MBh. v, 48, 24.]
kūṭajaकूटजkūṭa—ja m. (= kuṭ°) the tree Wrightia antidysenterica, [R. iv, 29, 10.]
kūṭakaकूटकmfn. base (as a coin), [Yājñ. ii, 241]
m. a braid or tress of hair, [L.]
N. of a fragrant plant, [L.]
of a mountain, [BhP. v, 19, 16]
n. elevation, prominence, projection, [L.] (see akṣik°)
‘a ploughshare’, or ‘the body of a plough (i.e. the wood without the ploughshare and pole)’, [L.]
kūṭatāकूटताkūṭa—tā f. falsehood.
kūyavaकूयवkū́-yava n. N. of particular grains, [MaitrS. ii, 11, 4]; [Kapiṣṭh. xxviii, 9]
(kú-y°), [VS. xviii, 10]
kū́-yava m. pl. id., [TS. iv.]
kūśāmbaकूशाम्बm. (cf. kuś°) N. of a man, [TāṇḍyaBr. viii, 6, 8.]
kūbarinकूबरिन्m. a carriage, [W.]
kūcakraकूचक्रkū́-cakra n. (for kūpa-c°?) a wheel for raising water from a well [[NBD.]; ‘the female breast’, [Gmn.]], [RV. x, 102, 11.]
kūddālaकूद्दालm. (= kudd°) mountain ebony (Bauhinia variegata), [L.]
kūlavatकूलवत्kūla—vat mfn. furnished with shores g. balādi
kūlbajaकूल्बजkū́lbaja ? [AV. xii, 5, 12] and [53.]
kūmanasकूमनस्kū-manas See s.v.
kū-manas mfn. (1. ku) Ved. wicked-minded, [Pāṇ. vi, 3, 133], [Kāś.]
kūpāṅgaकूपाङ्गv.l. for kūpāṅka.
kūpāṅkaकूपाङ्कm. bristling or erection of the hairs of the body, [L.]
kūrcakaकूर्चकm. a bunch, bushel, [Jain.] Comm.
a brush for cleaning the teeth, painter's brush &c., [Suśr.]; [Kād.]
N. of certain parts of the human body (see kūrca), [Suśr.]
(ifc.) the beard
= kūrca-śīrṣa, [Npr.]
n. See tri-k°.
kūrcalaकूर्चलmfn. bearded (as an animal) Comm. on [ŚāṅkhŚr.] & [KātyŚr.]
kūrcikāकूर्चिकाf. a painting brush or pencil, [L.]
a key, [L.] (cf. kūcikā)
a needle, [L.]
a bud, blossom, [L.]
inspissated milk, [Suśr.]
kūrdanāकूर्दनाf. the day of full moon in the month Caitra (a festival day in honour of Kāma-deva or the god of love), [Gal.]
kūrdanīकूर्दनीf. id., [L.]
kūrdanaकूर्दनn. leaping, [Pañcat.] Comm. on [VS.]
playing, sport, [L.]
kūrkuraकूर्कुरm. N. of a demon who persecutes children (perhaps cough or some similar disease personified), [PārGṛ. i, 16.]
kūrmikāकूर्मिकाf. a kind of musical instrument.
kūrpāsaकूर्पासm. a cuirass or quilted jacket (worn as armour), [L.]
(= cola) a jacket Comm. on [Naiṣ. xxii, 42.]
a kind of plant, [Kād.]
kūrpakaकूर्पकn. = kūrpa, [Gal.]