कच्छ
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Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit कच्छ (kaccha), perhaps related to Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬱𐬀 (kaša).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]कच्छ • (kacch) m
- Kutch (a district of Gujarat, in western India)
- प्राचीन काल में कच्छ में अरब और अफ़्रीकी लोग व्यापार करने आते थे।
- prācīn kāl mẽ kacch mẽ arab aur afrīkī log vyāpār karne āte the.
- In ancient times Arabs and Africans used to come to Kutch to trade.
Declension
[edit]Declension of कच्छ (sg-only masc cons-stem)
singular | |
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direct | कच्छ kacch |
oblique | कच्छ kacch |
vocative | कच्छ kacch |
Noun
[edit]कच्छ • (kacch) m
Declension
[edit]Declension of कच्छ (masc cons-stem)
Sanskrit
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown; possibly a Prakritism for कक्ष (kakṣa, “armpit”), but this is rejected by Turner.[1] Compare Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬱𐬀 (kaša, “ocean”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ˈkɐt̪.t͡ɕʰɐ/, [ˈkɐt̪̚.t͡ɕʰɐ]
Noun
[edit]कच्छ • (kaccha) stem, m
- a bank or any ground bordering on water, shore
- mound, causeway
- watery soil, marshy ground, marsh, morass
- Cedrela tuna
- Thespesia populneoides
- a particular part of a tortoise
- (nautical) a particular part of a boat
Declension
[edit]Masculine a-stem declension of कच्छ | |||
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Nom. sg. | कच्छः (kacchaḥ) | ||
Gen. sg. | कच्छस्य (kacchasya) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | कच्छः (kacchaḥ) | कच्छौ (kacchau) | कच्छाः (kacchāḥ) |
Vocative | कच्छ (kaccha) | कच्छौ (kacchau) | कच्छाः (kacchāḥ) |
Accusative | कच्छम् (kaccham) | कच्छौ (kacchau) | कच्छान् (kacchān) |
Instrumental | कच्छेन (kacchena) | कच्छाभ्याम् (kacchābhyām) | कच्छैः (kacchaiḥ) |
Dative | कच्छाय (kacchāya) | कच्छाभ्याम् (kacchābhyām) | कच्छेभ्यः (kacchebhyaḥ) |
Ablative | कच्छात् (kacchāt) | कच्छाभ्याम् (kacchābhyām) | कच्छेभ्यः (kacchebhyaḥ) |
Genitive | कच्छस्य (kacchasya) | कच्छयोः (kacchayoḥ) | कच्छानाम् (kacchānām) |
Locative | कच्छे (kacche) | कच्छयोः (kacchayoḥ) | कच्छेषु (kaccheṣu) |
Derived terms
[edit]- भरुकच्छ (bharukaccha)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kaccha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 130
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