Where does “कर्पूर” come from?
कर्पूर (Sanskrit) comes from Pali kappūra, from Old Malay kapur, from Proto-Malayic *kapur, from Proto-Austronesian qapuʀ — lime, calcium.
कर्पूर (Sanskrit): camphor
Ancestry of “कर्पूर”, step by step
Words derived from “कर्पूर”