Punjabi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Urdu کیس (kes), from Sanskrit केश (kḗśa).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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کیس (kesm (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੇਸ)

  1. hair (long and uncut)

Declension

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Declension of کیس
dir. sg. کیس (kes)
dir. pl. کیس (kes)
singular plural
direct کیس (kes) کیس (kes)
oblique کیس (kes) کیسਾਂ (kesਾਂ)
vocative کیسਾ (kesਾ) کیسੋ (kesੋ)
ablative کیسੋਂ (kesੋਂ)
locative کیسੇ (kesੇ) کیسੀਂ (kesੀਂ)
instrumental کیسੇ (kesੇ) کیسੀਂ (kesੀਂ)

Further reading

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  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کیس”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਕੇਸ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kḗśa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 180