Home › Words › K › kumkumkumkum/ˈkʊmkʊm/kumkum means A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.kumkum is pronounced /ˈkʊmkʊm/.EtymologyBorrowed from Sanskrit कुमकुम (kumakuma).nameA female given name from Sanskrit used in India.nounA red powder, made from saffron or turmeric, used ceremonially by Hindu women to make various markings on the body, especially the tilak.e.g.“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:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).