कक्ष

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कक्ष (kakṣa, “private chamber, secluded forest”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kəkʂ/, [kɐkʃ]

Noun

कक्ष • (kakṣ) m (Urdu spelling ککش)

1. room, chamber (a part of a building enclosed by walls, a floor, and a ceiling)

   Synonyms: कमरा (kamrā), रूम (rūm)

Declension

Declension of कक्ष (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कक्ष kakṣ	कक्ष kakṣ
oblique	कक्ष kakṣ	कक्षों kakṣõ
vocative	कक्ष kakṣ	कक्षो kakṣo

Further reading

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “कक्ष”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet‎^[2]

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কক্ষ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬓ᭄ᬱ (Balinese script)
• কক্ষ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰎𑰿𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀓𑁆𑀱 (Brahmi script)
• ကက္ၑ (Burmese script)
• કક્ષ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਕ੍ਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌕𑍍𑌷 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦏ꧀ꦰ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂍𑂹𑂭 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಕ್ಷ (Kannada script)
• កក្ឞ (Khmer script)
• ກກ຺ຩ (Lao script)
• കക്ഷ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᡬᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘎𑘿𑘬 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢉᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑦮𑧠𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐎𑑂𑐲 (Newa script)
• କକ୍ଷ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢒ꣄ꢰ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆑𑇀𑆰 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖎𑖿𑖬 (Siddham script)
• කක්‍ෂ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩜 𑪙𑪀 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚊𑚶 (Takri script)
• கக்ஷ (Tamil script)
• కక్ష (Telugu script)
• กกฺษ (Thai script)
• ཀ་ཀྵ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒏𑓂𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨋𑩇𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *káćšas (“armpit”), from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-o-s, from *koḱs- (“joint, corner”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬱𐬀 (kaša), Latin coxa (“hip”), Old High German hahsa (“hollow of the knee”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ́k.ʂɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐk.ʂɐ/

Noun

कक्ष • (kákṣa) stem, m or f

1. armpit, region of the girth
2. a girdle, zone, belt, girth
3. groin, waist region
4. the end of the lower garment (which, after the cloth is carried round the body, is brought up behind and tucked into the waistband)
5. hem, border, lace
6. the scale of a balance
7. side or flank
8. sin
9. a gate
10. a buffalo

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कक्ष (kákṣa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कक्षः kákṣaḥ	कक्षौ / कक्षा¹ kákṣau / kákṣā¹	कक्षाः / कक्षासः¹ kákṣāḥ / kákṣāsaḥ¹
Vocative	कक्ष kákṣa	कक्षौ / कक्षा¹ kákṣau / kákṣā¹	कक्षाः / कक्षासः¹ kákṣāḥ / kákṣāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कक्षम् kákṣam	कक्षौ / कक्षा¹ kákṣau / kákṣā¹	कक्षान् kákṣān
Instrumental	कक्षेण kákṣeṇa	कक्षाभ्याम् kákṣābhyām	कक्षैः / कक्षेभिः¹ kákṣaiḥ / kákṣebhiḥ¹
Dative	कक्षाय kákṣāya	कक्षाभ्याम् kákṣābhyām	कक्षेभ्यः kákṣebhyaḥ
Ablative	कक्षात् kákṣāt	कक्षाभ्याम् kákṣābhyām	कक्षेभ्यः kákṣebhyaḥ
Genitive	कक्षस्य kákṣasya	कक्षयोः kákṣayoḥ	कक्षाणाम् kákṣāṇām
Locative	कक्षे kákṣe	कक्षयोः kákṣayoḥ	कक्षेषु kákṣeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀓𑀓𑁆𑀔 (kakkha), 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙 (kaccha)
• Dardic:
  • Gawar-Bati: [script needed] (kaċyāl)
  • Kalami: [script needed] (kac̣āl)
  • Kashmiri: کَژھ (kaċh)
  • Khowar: [script needed] (kuṣkomul)
  • Northeast Pashayi: [script needed] (kaċal), [script needed] (xac̣em, “my armpit”)
  • Northwest Pashayi: [script needed] (kačalīn)
  • Savi: [script needed] (kačal)
  • Shumashti: [script needed] (xaċī)
  • Southeast Pashayi: [script needed] (kačī)
  • Torwali: [script needed] (kaṣāl)
• Helu Prakrit:
  • Dhivehi: ކަކ (kak)
  • Sinhalese: කැස (kæsa)
• Khasa Prakrit:
  • Nepali: काख (kākh, “lap”)
• Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀓𑀓𑁆𑀔 (kakkha), 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙 (kaccha)
  • Assamese: কাষ (kax), কাখ (kakh)
  • Bengali: কাছ (kach)
  • Bihari:

    Bhojpuri: कांख (kāṅkh)

    Maithili: कांख (kāṅkh)

    Magahi: 𑂍𑂰𑂀𑂎 (kã̄kh)

  • Odia: କାଖ (kākha)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑀓𑁆𑀔 (kakkha), 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙 (kaccha)
  • Marathi: कास (kās)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi:
    • Gurmukhi script: ਕੱਛ (kaccha)
    • Shahmukhi script: کَچّھ (kacch)
  • Sindhi:
    • Arabic script: کَچھ (kach)
    • Devanagari script: कछ (kach)
• Pali: kaccha
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑀓𑁆𑀔 (kakkha), 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙 (kaccha)
  • Gujarati: કાખ (kākh)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: कांख (kāṅkh)

    Urdu: کانکھ (kā̃kh)

  • Kumaoni: काख (kākh, “lap”)
  • Romani: kakh

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ-so-, from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- (“to seize, enclose”). Cognate with Latin cohum (“pole-to-yoke strap”), English haw, English hedge, German Hecke (“hedge”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ́k.ʂɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐk.ʂɐ/

Noun

कक्ष • (kákṣa) stem, m

1. a hiding or lurking place
2. a wood, large wood
3. a forest of dead trees, a dry wood, underwood (often the lair of beasts)
4. an inner recess, the interior of a forest
5. grass, dry grass
6. a spreading creeper, climbing plant
7. a room or apartment or other segregated space

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कक्ष (kákṣa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कक्षः kákṣaḥ	कक्षौ / कक्षा¹ kákṣau / kákṣā¹	कक्षाः / कक्षासः¹ kákṣāḥ / kákṣāsaḥ¹
Vocative	कक्ष kákṣa	कक्षौ / कक्षा¹ kákṣau / kákṣā¹	कक्षाः / कक्षासः¹ kákṣāḥ / kákṣāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कक्षम् kákṣam	कक्षौ / कक्षा¹ kákṣau / kákṣā¹	कक्षान् kákṣān
Instrumental	कक्षेण kákṣeṇa	कक्षाभ्याम् kákṣābhyām	कक्षैः / कक्षेभिः¹ kákṣaiḥ / kákṣebhiḥ¹
Dative	कक्षाय kákṣāya	कक्षाभ्याम् kákṣābhyām	कक्षेभ्यः kákṣebhyaḥ
Ablative	कक्षात् kákṣāt	कक्षाभ्याम् kákṣābhyām	कक्षेभ्यः kákṣebhyaḥ
Genitive	कक्षस्य kákṣasya	कक्षयोः kákṣayoḥ	कक्षाणाम् kákṣāṇām
Locative	कक्षे kákṣe	कक्षयोः kákṣayoḥ	कक्षेषु kákṣeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: कक्ष (kakṣ) (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कक्ष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 241/3.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “कक्ष”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan