काश्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কাশ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬵᬰ᭄ (Balinese script)
• কাশ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰯𑰫𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀸𑀰𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ကာၐ် (Burmese script)
• કાશ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਾਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌾𑌶𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦴꦯ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂰𑂬𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಾಶ್ (Kannada script)
• កាឝ៑ (Khmer script)
• ກາຨ຺ (Lao script)
• കാശ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡧ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘰𑘫𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢗᠱ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧑𑧋𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐵𑐱𑑂 (Newa script)
• କାଶ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢵꢯ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆳𑆯𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖯𑖫𑖿 (Siddham script)
• කාශ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩛𑩿 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚭𑚧𑚶 (Takri script)
• காஶ் (Tamil script)
• కాశ్ (Telugu script)
• กาศฺ (Thai script)
• ཀཱ་ཤ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒰𑒬𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨊𑨮𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kā́ś-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kā́ć-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeḱ- (“to see, look”).

Cognates include Proto-Slavic *kāzàti (“to show”) and Ancient Greek τέκμᾰρ (tékmar, “token”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɑːɕ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɑːɕ/

Root

काश् • (kāś)

1. to shine brightly, to have an agreeable appearance
2. to be visible, appear

Derived terms

• काश (kāśa)
• काशते (kāśate)
• काशि (kāśi)
• काशी (kāśī)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “काश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 280.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “काश्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 018
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “काश्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• 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

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “638”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 638
• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 325