काशी

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kɑː.ʃiː/, [käː.ʃiː]

Proper noun

काशी • (kāśī) f (Urdu spelling کاشی)

1. Kashi (a city in Uttar Pradesh, India)

   Synonyms: वाराणसी (vārāṇsī), बनारस (banāras)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কাশী (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬵᬰᬷ (Balinese script)
• কাশী (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰯𑰫𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀸𑀰𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ကာၐီ (Burmese script)
• કાશી (Gujarati script)
• ਕਾਸ਼ੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌾𑌶𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦴꦯꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂰𑂬𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಾಶೀ (Kannada script)
• កាឝី (Khmer script)
• ກາຨີ (Lao script)
• കാശീ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡧᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘰𑘫𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢗᠱᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧑𑧋𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐵𑐱𑐷 (Newa script)
• କାଶୀ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢵꢯꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆳𑆯𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖯𑖫𑖱 (Siddham script)
• කාශී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩛𑩿𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚭𑚧𑚯 (Takri script)
• காஶீ (Tamil script)
• కాశీ (Telugu script)
• กาศี (Thai script)
• ཀཱ་ཤཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒰𑒬𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨊𑨮𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root काश् (kāś, “to shine”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː.ɕiː/

Proper noun

काशी • (kāśī) stem, f

1. (historical) one of the Mahajanapadas, with Varanasi as it's capital city.
2. Varanasi

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of काशी

	singular
nominative	काशी (kāśī)
vocative	काशि (kāśi)
accusative	काशीम् (kāśīm)
instrumental	काश्या (kāśyā)
dative	काश्यै (kāśyai)
ablative	काश्याः (kāśyāḥ)
genitive	काश्याः (kāśyāḥ)
locative	काश्याम् (kāśyām)