केश

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See also: कोश and काश

Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit केश (kéśa). Cognate with Marathi केस (kes).

Noun

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केश (keśm (Urdu spelling کیش)

  1. hair

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Aryan *káyśas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káyćas ~ gáyćas. Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬎 (gaēsu, curls), Middle Persian gys (gēs, curl, locks) (whence Persian گیس (gis), گیسو (gisu, ringlet of hair, forelock, sidelock, curl)), Northern Kurdish kezî (kazī), Northern Luri گؽس (gês), Ossetian гъес (ǧes), хъис (qis, bristle). Akin to Old Armenian գէս (gēs), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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केश (kéśa) stemm

  1. hair (of the head), locks of hair, tresses
    • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 6.137.2:
      अ॒भीशु॑ना॒ मेया॑ आसन्व्या॒मेना॑नु॒मेयाः॑।
      केशा॑ न॒डा इ॑व वर्धन्तां शी॒र्ष्णस्ते॑ असि॒ताः परि॑ ॥
      abhī́śunā méyā āsanvyāménānuméyāḥ.
      kéśā naḍā́ iva vardhantāṃ śīrṣṇáste asitā́ḥ pári.
      They might be measured with a rein or measurable with both extended arms.
      Let the black locks spring thick and strong and grow like reeds upon thy head.
  2. the mane (of a horse or lion)
  3. a kind of perfume

Declension

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Masculine a-stem declension of केश (kéśa)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative केशः
kéśaḥ
केशौ / केशा¹
kéśau / kéśā¹
केशाः / केशासः¹
kéśāḥ / kéśāsaḥ¹
Vocative केश
kéśa
केशौ / केशा¹
kéśau / kéśā¹
केशाः / केशासः¹
kéśāḥ / kéśāsaḥ¹
Accusative केशम्
kéśam
केशौ / केशा¹
kéśau / kéśā¹
केशान्
kéśān
Instrumental केशेन
kéśena
केशाभ्याम्
kéśābhyām
केशैः / केशेभिः¹
kéśaiḥ / kéśebhiḥ¹
Dative केशाय
kéśāya
केशाभ्याम्
kéśābhyām
केशेभ्यः
kéśebhyaḥ
Ablative केशात्
kéśāt
केशाभ्याम्
kéśābhyām
केशेभ्यः
kéśebhyaḥ
Genitive केशस्य
kéśasya
केशयोः
kéśayoḥ
केशानाम्
kéśānām
Locative केशे
kéśe
केशयोः
kéśayoḥ
केशेषु
kéśeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

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