કોસ

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कोश (kṓśa). Cognate with Bengali কোসা (kōśa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈkos/
• Rhymes: -os

Noun

કોસ • (kos) m

1. leather bucket (for drawing water from a well)

   Synonyms: બાલદી (bāldī), બોખ (bokh)

Descendants

• →? Sindhi: ڪوسُ (kosu)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kṓśa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 184