ܟܐܦܘܪ kʾpwr camphor
Allotropes: ܩܐܦܘܪ qʾpwr; ܩܦܘܪ qpwr
MP kāpūr [kʾpwl] camphor (CPD 49); the MP word was borrowed from Indian: cf. OInd. karpūra- (Monier-Williams 1899, 258), Pāli, Prakrit kappūra- (Turner 1966, no. 2880: word probably of Austro-Asiatic origin; Kashmiri kōphur, kōpur ← Pers. kāfūr), and it is possible that also the Syr. word comes directly from Indian, and not from MP (cf. Mancini 1992, 22, as regards It. canfora ← Ind. kappūra); NP, Arab. kāfūr flowers of the palm-tree or vine; camphor (Steingass 1007). — Md. qapur camphor (Drower – Macuch 1963, 200; 402) ● kʾpwr Sind 22, 3; qʾpwr, qpwr gl herm, Bh chr 212, 23; Cat Cambr 638, 2 ◆ LS 341b; 686a; PS Suppl. 159 and 169; Weber 1997, 613