kundn.

Brit.

/kʊnd/, U.S.

/kʊnd/

Forms: 1800s– kund, 1800s– kunda.

Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit kuṇḍa.

Etymology: < Sanskrit kuṇḍa bowl, receptacle (also with vernacular pronunciation kuṇḍ) < a Dravidian language (compare e.g. Kannada guṇḍi jug, pitcher).

Indian English.

A small reservoir or tank in which rainwater is collected for drinking.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > constructed reservoir

recluse1593

conservera1614

reserver1615

conservatory1626

tank1634

reservatory1666

reservoir1686

kund1837

impounding reservoir1875

catch basin1884

spring box1887

tank1898

1837 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 6 ii. 823 Two temples built on the brink of the kund, deserve notice for the excellence of their sculpturing.

1883 Jrnl. Bombay Branch Royal Asiatic Soc. 15 281 Besides these reservoirs or lakes there are three old ponds or kundas and several old wells.

1946 Feudatory & Zemindari India Nov. 144/2 Improving the water supply in rural areas by means of construction and renovation of wells, kunds, tanks, etc., is vigorously carried on at a great pace.

1976 Indian Anthropologist 6 21 The sacred performances at Bakreswar are largely connected with the hot and cold water Kundas.

1995 C. Deegan in W. F. Fisher Toward Sustainable Devel. ii. 59 The village's main site is the Narmada kund, a reservoir within a walled complex of small temples dedicated to Narmada and other deities.

2016 Times of India (Nexis) 4 Nov. Diyas will..be lit on the banks of ponds and kunds on this day.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kund
释义	kundn. Brit. /kʊnd/, U.S. /kʊnd/ Forms: 1800s– kund, 1800s– kunda. Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit kuṇḍa. Etymology: < Sanskrit kuṇḍa bowl, receptacle (also with vernacular pronunciation kuṇḍ) < a Dravidian language (compare e.g. Kannada guṇḍi jug, pitcher). Indian English. A small reservoir or tank in which rainwater is collected for drinking. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > constructed reservoir recluse1593 conservera1614 reserver1615 conservatory1626 tank1634 reservatory1666 reservoir1686 kund1837 impounding reservoir1875 catch basin1884 spring box1887 tank1898 1837 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 6 ii. 823 Two temples built on the brink of the kund, deserve notice for the excellence of their sculpturing. 1883 Jrnl. Bombay Branch Royal Asiatic Soc. 15 281 Besides these reservoirs or lakes there are three old ponds or kundas and several old wells. 1946 Feudatory & Zemindari India Nov. 144/2 Improving the water supply in rural areas by means of construction and renovation of wells, kunds, tanks, etc., is vigorously carried on at a great pace. 1976 Indian Anthropologist 6 21 The sacred performances at Bakreswar are largely connected with the hot and cold water Kundas. 1995 C. Deegan in W. F. Fisher Toward Sustainable Devel. ii. 59 The village's main site is the Narmada kund, a reservoir within a walled complex of small temples dedicated to Narmada and other deities. 2016 Times of India (Nexis) 4 Nov. Diyas will..be lit on the banks of ponds and kunds on this day. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1837
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