कश

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کش (kaš), a form of کشیدن (kašīdan). Doublet of कसना (kasnā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kəʃ/, [kɐʃ]

Noun

कश • (kaś) m (Urdu spelling کش)

1. inhaling, drawing

Declension

Declension of कश (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कश kaś	कश kaś
oblique	कश kaś	कशों kaśõ
vocative	कश kaś	कशो kaśo

Derived terms

• कश खींचना (kaś khī̃cnā)
• कश लगाना (kaś lagānā)
• कश लेना (kaś lenā)

 

Related terms

• कशमकश (kaśamkaś)
• कशाकशी (kaśākśī)
• दिलकश (dilkaś)
• मेहनतकश (mehnatkaś)

 

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कश”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কশ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬰ (Balinese script)
• কশ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀰 (Brahmi script)
• ကၐ (Burmese script)
• કશ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌶 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦯ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂬 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಶ (Kannada script)
• កឝ (Khmer script)
• ກຨ (Lao script)
• കശ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘫 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐱 (Newa script)
• କଶ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢯ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆯 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖫 (Siddham script)
• කශ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩿 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚧 (Takri script)
• கஶ (Tamil script)
• కశ (Telugu script)
• กศ (Thai script)
• ཀ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ́.ɕɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ.ɕɐ/

Noun

कश • (káśa) stem, m

1. a species of rodents
2. a whip, thong

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कश (káśa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कशः káśaḥ	कशौ / कशा¹ káśau / káśā¹	कशाः / कशासः¹ káśāḥ / káśāsaḥ¹
Vocative	कश káśa	कशौ / कशा¹ káśau / káśā¹	कशाः / कशासः¹ káśāḥ / káśāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कशम् káśam	कशौ / कशा¹ káśau / káśā¹	कशान् káśān
Instrumental	कशेन káśena	कशाभ्याम् káśābhyām	कशैः / कशेभिः¹ káśaiḥ / káśebhiḥ¹
Dative	कशाय káśāya	कशाभ्याम् káśābhyām	कशेभ्यः káśebhyaḥ
Ablative	कशात् káśāt	कशाभ्याम् káśābhyām	कशेभ्यः káśebhyaḥ
Genitive	कशस्य káśasya	कशयोः káśayoḥ	कशानाम् káśānām
Locative	कशे káśe	कशयोः káśayoḥ	कशेषु káśeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 265.