पौष

पौष

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पौष (pauṣa), from पुष्य (puṣya, “the nourisher”), from the root पुष् (puṣ, “to nourish, increase”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pɔːʂ/, [pɔːʃ]

Noun

पौष • (pauṣ) m

1. Pausha (tenth month of the Hindu lunar calendar)

   Synonym: पूस (pūs)

Declension

Declension of पौष (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पौष pauṣ	पौष pauṣ
oblique	पौष pauṣ	पौषों pauṣõ
vocative	पौष pauṣ	पौषो pauṣo

Related terms

• (lunar months) चैत्र (caitra), वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭh), आषाढ़ (āṣāṛh) / असाढ़ (asāṛh), श्रावण (śrāvaṇ), भाद्र (bhādra), आश्विन (āśvin), कार्तिक (kārtik), मार्गशीर्ष (mārgaśīrṣ) / अग्रहायण (agrahāyaṇ), पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फाल्गुन (phālgun) ^{(Category: hi:Hindu lunar calendar months)}

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “पौष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, pages 589, 600.

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Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पौष (pauṣa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʌu̯s]
• Phonetic Devanagari: पौस्

Proper noun

पौष • (pauṣ)

1. Pausha
   1. the ninth month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
   2. the tenth month in the lunar Hindu calendar

   Synonym: पुस (pus)

Related terms

• (lunar months) वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) / जेठ (jeṭh), आषाढ (āṣāḍh), साउन (sāuna), भदौ (bhadau) / भाद्र (bhādra), असोज (asoj) / आश्विन (āśvina), कात्तिक (kāttik) / कार्त्तिक (kārttik), मङ्सिर (maṅsir) / मार्ग (mārga), पुस (pus) / पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फागुन (phāgun) / फाल्गुन (phālgun), चैत (cait) / चैत्र (caitra) ^{(Category: ne:Hindu lunar calendar months)}

Further reading

• “पौष”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (Nepālī Br̥hat Śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), “पौष”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar