𐎣𐎠𐎿𐎣

Old Persian

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Iranian *kā́šti (“to shine brilliantly, to be visible”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kā́ćti (compare Sanskrit काशते (kāśate), Avestan 𐬁𐬐𐬀𐬯𐬀𐬝 (ākasat̰)), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷḗḱ-ti ~ *kʷéḱ-n̥ti, from *kʷeḱ- (“to see, look”).

Noun

𐎣𐎠𐎿𐎣 (k-a-s-k /kāsaka/) m

1. glass
2. semi-precious stone

Derived terms

• 𐎣𐎠𐎿𐎣𐎡𐎴 (k-a-s-k-i-n /⁠kāsakaina⁠/, “made of glass”)

Descendants

• (possibly) Middle Persian: [script needed] (*kʾsk' /⁠kāsag⁠/, “bowl”)
  • Persian: کاسه (kâse)
    • Tajik: коса (kosa), косаи (kosa-yi)
    • → Armenian: քասա (kʻasa)
    • → Azerbaijani: kasa
    • → Bashkir: каса (kasa)
    • → Kazakh: кесе (kese)
    • → Northern Kurdish: kas, kase
    • → Kyrgyz: кесе (kese)
    • → Tatar: кәсә (käsä)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: كاسه (kâse)
      • Ladino: kyase
      • Turkish: kâse
      • Serbo-Croatian: ћаса / ćasa
    • → Turkmen: käse
    • → Uyghur: كاسا (kasa)