काश्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬓᬵᬰ᭄ (Balinese script)
- কাশ্ (Assamese script)
- কাশ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰯𑰫𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀸𑀰𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌕𑌾𑌶𑍍 (Grantha script)
- કાશ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਕਾਸ਼ੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦏꦴꦯ꧀ (Javanese script)
- កាឝ៑ (Khmer script)
- ಕಾಶ್ (Kannada script)
- ກາຨ຺ (Lao script)
- കാശ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘎𑘰𑘫𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᢗᠱ (Mongolian script)
- ᡬᠠ᠊ᠠᡧ (Manchu script)
- ကာၐ် (Burmese script)
- 𑦮𑧑𑧋𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐵𑐱𑑂 (Newa script)
- କାଶ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢒꢵꢯ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆳𑆯𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖯𑖫𑖿 (Siddham script)
- කාශ් (Sinhalese script)
- కాశ్ (Telugu script)
- กาศฺ (Thai script)
- ཀཱ་ཤ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒰𑒬𑓂 (Tirhuta 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) IPA(key): /kɑːɕ/
Root
काश् • (kāś)
- to shine brightly, to have an agreeable appearance
- 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 458052227, 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
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 638
- Mallory, J. P.; 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