कच्छेष्ट
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬓᬘ᭄ᬙᬾᬱ᭄ᬝ (Balinese script)
- কচ্ছেষ্ট (Assamese script)
- কচ্ছেষ্ট (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰓𑰿𑰔𑰸𑰬𑰿𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑁂𑀱𑁆𑀝 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌕𑌚𑍍𑌛𑍇𑌷𑍍𑌟 (Grantha script)
- કચ્છેષ્ટ (Gujarati script)
- ꦏꦕ꧀ꦖꦺꦰ꧀ꦛ (Javanese script)
- កច្ឆេឞ្ដ (Khmer script)
- ಕಚ್ಛೇಷ್ಟ (Kannada script)
- ກຈ຺ເຉຩ຺ຏ (Lao script)
- 𑘎𑘓𑘿𑘔𑘹𑘬𑘿𑘘 (Modi script)
- ကစ္ဆေၑ္ဋ (Burmese script)
- 𑦮𑦳𑧠𑦴𑧚𑧌𑧠𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐔𑑂𑐕𑐾𑐲𑑂𑐚 (Newa script)
- କଚ୍ଛେଷ୍ଟ (Oriya script)
- ꢒꢗ꣄ꢘꢾꢰ꣄ꢜ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆖𑇀𑆗𑆼𑆰𑇀𑆛 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖓𑖿𑖔𑖸𑖬𑖿𑖘 (Siddham script)
- కచ్ఛేష్ట (Telugu script)
- กจฺเฉษฺฏ (Thai script)
- ཀཙྪེཥྚ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒔𑓂𑒕𑒹𑒭𑓂𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
Bahuvrīhi compound of कच्छ (kaccha, “bank; shore”) + इष्ट (iṣṭa, “dear”), literally “dear to the shore”.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kɐt̪ˈt̪͡ɕʰeːʂ.ʈɐ/, [kɐt̪̚ˈt̪͡ɕʰeːʂ.ʈɐ]
Noun
कच्छेष्ट • (kaccheṣṭa) m (Classical Sanskrit)
- tortoise
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:कूर्म
- c. 1400 – 1600, Rājanighaṇṭu 19.93.2:
- कच्छेष्टः पल्वलावासो वृत्तः कठिनपृष्ठकः ॥
- kaccheṣṭaḥ palvalāvāso vṛttaḥ kaṭhinapṛṣṭhakaḥ .
- The tortoise, the palvalāvāsa [pond-dweller], the vṛtta [round], the kaṭhinapṛṣṭhaka [hard-backed] […]
- कच्छेष्टः पल्वलावासो वृत्तः कठिनपृष्ठकः ॥
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of कच्छेष्ट (kaccheṣṭa) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | कच्छेष्टः kaccheṣṭaḥ | कच्छेष्टौ kaccheṣṭau | कच्छेष्टाः / कच्छेष्टासः¹ kaccheṣṭāḥ / kaccheṣṭāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | कच्छेष्ट kaccheṣṭa | कच्छेष्टौ kaccheṣṭau | कच्छेष्टाः / कच्छेष्टासः¹ kaccheṣṭāḥ / kaccheṣṭāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | कच्छेष्टम् kaccheṣṭam | कच्छेष्टौ kaccheṣṭau | कच्छेष्टान् kaccheṣṭān |
| Instrumental | कच्छेष्टेन kaccheṣṭena | कच्छेष्टाभ्याम् kaccheṣṭābhyām | कच्छेष्टैः / कच्छेष्टेभिः¹ kaccheṣṭaiḥ / kaccheṣṭebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | कच्छेष्टाय kaccheṣṭāya | कच्छेष्टाभ्याम् kaccheṣṭābhyām | कच्छेष्टेभ्यः kaccheṣṭebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | कच्छेष्टात् kaccheṣṭāt | कच्छेष्टाभ्याम् kaccheṣṭābhyām | कच्छेष्टेभ्यः kaccheṣṭebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | कच्छेष्टस्य kaccheṣṭasya | कच्छेष्टयोः kaccheṣṭayoḥ | कच्छेष्टानाम् kaccheṣṭānām |
| Locative | कच्छेष्टे kaccheṣṭe | कच्छेष्टयोः kaccheṣṭayoḥ | कच्छेष्टेषु kaccheṣṭeṣu |
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Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “कच्छेष्ट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 243, column 1.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2022), “kaccheṣṭa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.