[kʰamb⁽ʰ⁾ā], m. a pillar, column, post, pole.
[◀MIA: Pk. khaṁbha- m. ‘post, pillar’; Pa. khambha- m. ‘prop’ ◀OIA skambhá- m. ‘prop, pillar’ RV. <√skambh ‘make firm’ ◀PIE *skabh-, skambh- ‘to prop up, support’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. shambles ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0879; (Turner, 1966) 13639, p.786; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 234; (MW, 1899) 1256; (Pokorny, 1959) 0916; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.750
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