काश
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian کاش (kāš).
Conjunction edit
काश • (kāś) (Urdu spelling کاش)
- if only
- काश मैं आज दुकान गया होता
- kāś ma͠i āj dukān gayā hotā
- If only I had gone to the store today.
Sanskrit edit
Pronunciation edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- কাশ (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬵᬰ (Balinese script)
- কাশ (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰯𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀸𑀰 (Brahmi script)
- ကာၐ (Burmese script)
- કાશ (Gujarati script)
- ਕਾਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌾𑌶 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦴꦯ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂰𑂬 (Kaithi script)
- ಕಾಶ (Kannada script)
- កាឝ (Khmer script)
- ກາຨ (Lao script)
- കാശ (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠ᠊ᠠᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘰𑘫 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᢗᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧑𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐵𑐱 (Newa script)
- କାଶ (Odia script)
- ꢒꢵꢯ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆳𑆯 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖯𑖫 (Siddham script)
- කාශ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩛𑩿 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚭𑚧 (Takri script)
- காஶ (Tamil script)
- కాశ (Telugu script)
- กาศ (Thai script)
- ཀཱ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒰𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨊𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology 1 edit
From the root काश् (kāś).
Noun edit
काश • (kāśa) stem, m
- "the becoming visible", appearance
- name of a man
Declension edit
Masculine a-stem declension of काश (kāśa) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | काशः kāśaḥ |
काशौ / काशा¹ kāśau / kāśā¹ |
काशाः / काशासः¹ kāśāḥ / kāśāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | काश kāśa |
काशौ / काशा¹ kāśau / kāśā¹ |
काशाः / काशासः¹ kāśāḥ / kāśāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | काशम् kāśam |
काशौ / काशा¹ kāśau / kāśā¹ |
काशान् kāśān |
Instrumental | काशेन kāśena |
काशाभ्याम् kāśābhyām |
काशैः / काशेभिः¹ kāśaiḥ / kāśebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | काशाय kāśāya |
काशाभ्याम् kāśābhyām |
काशेभ्यः kāśebhyaḥ |
Ablative | काशात् kāśāt |
काशाभ्याम् kāśābhyām |
काशेभ्यः kāśebhyaḥ |
Genitive | काशस्य kāśasya |
काशयोः kāśayoḥ |
काशानाम् kāśānām |
Locative | काशे kāśe |
काशयोः kāśayoḥ |
काशेषु kāśeṣu |
Notes |
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Etymology 2 edit
Of unclear origin. Comparisons to Etymology 1, as well as to Persian کاه (kâh, “chaff, straw, hay”), have been made. Others have considered the term as a Dravidian borrowing.
Noun edit
काश • (kāśa) stem, m
- a species of grass, Saccharum spontaneum, used for mats, roofs, etc.
- also personified, together with the Kuśa grass, as one of Yama's attendants
Descendants edit
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “काश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 280/2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 344-5