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kumkuma

kumkuma is the alternative form of kumkum.

Meaning of kumkum

Noun

kumkum (uncountable)

  1. A red powder, made from saffron or turmeric, used ceremonially by Hindu women to make various markings on the body, especially the tilak.
    • A maid passed her the gold thali with a lamp and kumkum and turmeric powder in it.1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 197

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Forms of kumkuma

pluralkumkumas

Questions about kumkuma

What is kumkuma the alternative form of?
Kumkuma is the alternative form of kumkum.

Words near kumkuma in the dictionary

  1. kumite
  2. kumites
  3. Kumiyama
  4. Kumjoinus
  5. kumkum
  6. kumkuma
  7. kumkumas
  8. kumkums
  9. Kumm
  10. kummel
  11. kummels

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