Alternative spellings of this word include Chumb.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Cumb (चुम्ब्).—I. 1, 1. U. (cumbati-te, cumbayati-te, cumbita)

1) To kiss (fig. also); श्लिष्यति चुम्बति जलधरकल्पं हरिरुपगत इति तिमिरमनल्पम् (śliṣyati cumbati jaladharakalpaṃ harirupagata iti timiramanalpam) Gītagovinda 6; प्रियामुखं किंपुरुषश्चुचुम्बे (priyāmukhaṃ kiṃpuruṣaścucumbe) Kumārasambhava 3.38; Amaru. 16; H.4.132.

2) To touch softly, or graze; with परि (pari) to kiss; Ṛtusaṃhāra 6.18.; Amaruśataka 77. -II. 1. P. To hurt, kill.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cumb (चुम्ब्).—i. 1, and 10, [Parasmaipada.] (i. 1, [Ātmanepada.], [Pañcatantra] iv. [distich] 7), To kiss [Ṛtusaṃhāra] 6, 14. [Causal.] To cause to be kissed, [Daśakumāracarita] 49, 9.

— With pari pari, to kiss warmly, [Amaruśataka, (ed. Calcutt.)] 77. paricumbita, Closesurrounded, [Caurapañcāśikā] 14.

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Cumb (चुम्ब्).—i. 10, [Parasmaipada.] To hurt.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Cumb (चुम्ब्).—cumbati cumbate kiss, touch; [Causative] cumbayati.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Cumb (चुम्ब्):—1. cumb [class] 10. to hurt, [Dhātupāṭha]

2) 2. cumb [class] 1. bati (exceptionally [Ātmanepada] [Pañcatantra iv, 7]; [perfect tense] cucumba; [Passive voice] p. byamāna, [Dhūrtasamāgama]),

2) —to kiss, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa] etc.;

2) —to touch with the mouth, [Mahābhārata viii, 5954];

2) —to touch closely or softly:—[Causal] cumbayati, to cause to kiss, [Daśakumāra-carita vi, 6];

2) —to kiss, [Dhātupāṭha xxxii, 91] ([varia lectio])

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Cumb (चुम्ब्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Cuṃba.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Starts with (+17): Cumba, Cumbaka, Cumbakagali, Cumbakamani, Cumbakatva, Cumbakiya, Cumbala, Cumbamana, Cumbana, Cumbanadana, Cumbanagodu, Cumbanalingana, Cumbanem, Cumbanta, Cumbat, Cumbata, Cumbataka, Cumbatakalaha, Cumbati, Cumbhala.

Ends with: Abhicumb, Acumb, Avacumb, Paricumb, Ukcumb, Vicumb, Vyaticumb.

Full-text (+2): Paricumbana, Cumba, Cumbana, Cubra, Paricumb, Cumbin, Cumbaka, Ukcumb, Cumbati, Abhicumb, Acumb, Vicumb, Cumbanadana, Cumbakamani, Paricumbita, Vyaticumbita, Vyaticumb, Uccumbya, Cumpi, Cumbita.

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