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Borrowed from Sanskrit कोश (kośa).

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कोश (kośm (Urdu spelling کوش)

  1. treasury, store
  2. dictionary, lexicon
    Synonym: शब्दकोश (śabdakoś)

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    Probably from the verb कुश्यति (kuśyati, to embrace, enfold), related to कुक्षि (kukṣí, belly, interior) and कोष्ठ (koṣṭha, viscera of the body), or from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káwćas, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kówH-ḱo-s. Compare Kamkata-viri kuć, kyuć, Lithuanian káušas.

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    कोश (kóśa) stemm or n

    1. cask, vessel for holding liquids, (metaphorically) cloud
      • RV 3.32.15
        आपूर्णो अस्य कलशः सवाहा सेक्तेव कोशं सिसिचे पिबध्यै |
        समु परिया आवव्र्त्रन मदाय परदक्षिणिदभि सोमासैन्द्रम ||
        āpūrṇo asya kalaśaḥ svāhā sekteva kośaṃ sisice pibadhyai |
        samu priyā āvavṛtran madāya pradakṣiṇidabhi somāsaindram||
        Full is his chalice: Glory! Like a pourer I have filled up the vessel for his drinking.
        Presented on the right, dear Soma juices have brought us Indra, to rejoice him, hither.
    2. pail, bucket
      • RV 9.76.5
        वर्षेव यूथा परि कोशमर्षस्यपामुपस्थे वर्षभः कनिक्रदत |
        स इन्द्राय पवसे मत्सरिन्तमो यथा जेषाम समिथे तवोतयः ||
        vṛṣeva yūthā pari kośamarṣasyapāmupasthe vṛṣabhaḥ kanikradat |
        sa indrāya pavase matsarintamo yathā jeṣāma samithe tvotayaḥ ||
        Like as a bull to herds, thou flowest to the pail, bellowing as a steer upon the water's lap.
        So, best of Cheerers, thou for Indra flowest on that we, with thy protection, may o’ercome in fight.
    3. drinking-vessel, cup
    4. box, cupboard, drawer, trunk
      • RV 6.47.22
        परस्तोक इन नु राधसस्त इन्द्र दश कोशयीर्दश वाजिनो.अदात |
        दिवोदासादतिथिग्वस्य राधः शाम्बरं वसु परत्यग्रभीष्म ||
        prastoka in nu rādhasasta indra daśa kośayīrdaśa vājino.adāt |
        divodāsādatithighvasya rādhaḥ śāmbaraṃ vasu pratyaghrabhīṣma ||
        Out of thy bounty, Indra, hath Prastoka bestowed ten coffers and ten mettled horses.
        We have received in turn from Divodāsa Śambara's wealth, the gift of Atithigva.
    5. the interior or inner part of a carriage
    6. sheath, scabbard
    7. case, covering, cover
    8. store-room, store, provisions
    9. treasury, apartment where money or plate is kept, treasure, accumulated wealth (gold or silver, wrought or unwrought, as plate, jewellery, etc.)
    10. (medicine) a kind of bandage
    11. dictionary, lexicon or vocabulary - kosha
    12. poetical collection, collection of sentences
    13. (botany) bud, flower-cup, seed-vessel
      बीजकोशbījakośaseed-vessel
    14. (botany) the sheath or integument of a plant, pod, nut-shell
    15. nutmeg
    16. the inner part of the fruit of Artocarpus integrifolia and of similar fruits
    17. silk-worm cocoon
    18. the membrane covering an egg (in the womb)
    19. (anatomy) vulva
    20. (anatomy) testicle, scrotum
    21. (anatomy) penis
    22. egg
    23. (in Vedânta philosophy) kosha: a term for the three sheaths or succession of cases which make up the various frames of the body enveloping the soul
    24. (at the end of a compound) a ball or globe
      सूत्रकोशsūtrakośaa ball of thread
      नेत्रकोशnetrakośathe eye-ball
    25. the water used at an ordeal or judicial trial (the defendant drinks thrice of it after some idol has been washed in it)
    26. oath
    27. a cup used in the ratification of a treaty of peace
      कोशंपिबतिkośaṃ-√pāto drink from that cup
    28. name of a particular conjunction of planets
    29. name of the 2nd astrological mansion
    30. (Buddhism) name of a collection of Gāthā verses

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    Masculine a-stem declension of कोश (kóśa)
    Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative कोशः
    kóśaḥ
    कोशौ / कोशा¹
    kóśau / kóśā¹
    कोशाः / कोशासः¹
    kóśāḥ / kóśāsaḥ¹
    Vocative कोश
    kóśa
    कोशौ / कोशा¹
    kóśau / kóśā¹
    कोशाः / कोशासः¹
    kóśāḥ / kóśāsaḥ¹
    Accusative कोशम्
    kóśam
    कोशौ / कोशा¹
    kóśau / kóśā¹
    कोशान्
    kóśān
    Instrumental कोशेन
    kóśena
    कोशाभ्याम्
    kóśābhyām
    कोशैः / कोशेभिः¹
    kóśaiḥ / kóśebhiḥ¹
    Dative कोशाय
    kóśāya
    कोशाभ्याम्
    kóśābhyām
    कोशेभ्यः
    kóśebhyaḥ
    Ablative कोशात्
    kóśāt
    कोशाभ्याम्
    kóśābhyām
    कोशेभ्यः
    kóśebhyaḥ
    Genitive कोशस्य
    kóśasya
    कोशयोः
    kóśayoḥ
    कोशानाम्
    kóśānām
    Locative कोशे
    kóśe
    कोशयोः
    kóśayoḥ
    कोशेषु
    kóśeṣu
    Notes
    • ¹Vedic
    Neuter a-stem declension of कोश (kóśa)
    Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative कोशम्
    kóśam
    कोशे
    kóśe
    कोशानि / कोशा¹
    kóśāni / kóśā¹
    Vocative कोश
    kóśa
    कोशे
    kóśe
    कोशानि / कोशा¹
    kóśāni / kóśā¹
    Accusative कोशम्
    kóśam
    कोशे
    kóśe
    कोशानि / कोशा¹
    kóśāni / kóśā¹
    Instrumental कोशेन
    kóśena
    कोशाभ्याम्
    kóśābhyām
    कोशैः / कोशेभिः¹
    kóśaiḥ / kóśebhiḥ¹
    Dative कोशाय
    kóśāya
    कोशाभ्याम्
    kóśābhyām
    कोशेभ्यः
    kóśebhyaḥ
    Ablative कोशात्
    kóśāt
    कोशाभ्याम्
    kóśābhyām
    कोशेभ्यः
    kóśebhyaḥ
    Genitive कोशस्य
    kóśasya
    कोशयोः
    kóśayoḥ
    कोशानाम्
    kóśānām
    Locative कोशे
    kóśe
    कोशयोः
    kóśayoḥ
    कोशेषु
    kóśeṣu
    Notes
    • ¹Vedic

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    References

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    • Monier Williams (1899) “कोश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0314/1.
    • कोश” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 134.
    • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “कोश”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 075
    • Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 252
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 403-404