کاش

See also: كاش, گاش, كأس, and کاس

Persian

Alternative forms

• کاچ (kâč)

Etymology 1

From an Indo-Aryan language.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kɑːʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰɔːʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɒːʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɔʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	kāš
Dari reading?	kāš
Iranian reading?	kâš
Tajik reading?	koš

Noun

کاش • (kâš)

1. (obsolete) glass

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian kʾc (kāč).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kɑːʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰɔːʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɒːʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɔʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	kāš
Dari reading?	kāš
Iranian reading?	kâš
Tajik reading?	koš

Phrase

کاش • (kâš)

1. I wish, if only

Descendants

• → Old Anatolian Turkish: كاش (kaş), كاشكه (kaşki)
  • > Azerbaijani: kaş, kaşki (inherited)
  • > Ottoman Turkish: كاشكه (keşke) (inherited)
    • > Turkish: keşke (inherited)
    • → Macedonian: ќешки (ḱeški)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: काश (kāś)

  Urdu: کاش (kāś)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کاش (kāš).

Interjection

کاش • (kāś) (Hindi spelling काश)

1. I wish, if only