कुह

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কুহ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬸᬳ (Balinese script)
• কুহ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰲𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀼𑀳 (Brahmi script)
• ကုဟ (Burmese script)
• કુહ (Gujarati script)
• ਕੁਹ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍁𑌹 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦸꦲ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂳𑂯 (Kaithi script)
• ಕುಹ (Kannada script)
• កុហ (Khmer script)
• ກຸຫ (Lao script)
• കുഹ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᡠᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘳𑘮 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠤᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧔𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐸𑐴 (Newa script)
• କୁହ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢸꢲ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆶𑆲 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖲𑖮 (Siddham script)
• කුහ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩒𑪂 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚰𑚩 (Takri script)
• குஹ (Tamil script)
• కుహ (Telugu script)
• กุห (Thai script)
• ཀུ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒳𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨃𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷú-dʰe, from *kʷos, *kʷis. See कुत्र (kutra).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kú.ɦɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ɦɐ/

Adverb

कुह • (kúha)

1. where (interrogative)

   Synonyms: क्व (kva), कुत्र (kutra)

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.129.1:

     नासद् आसीन् नो सद् आसीत् तदानीं नासीद् रजो नो व्योमा परो यत् ।
     किम् आवरीवः कुह कस्य शर्मन्न् अम्भः किम् आसीद् गहनं गभीरम् ॥

     nāsad āsīn no sad āsīt tadānīṃ nāsīd rajo no vyomā paro yat.
     kim āvarīvaḥ kuha kasya śarmann ambhaḥ kim āsīd gahanaṃ gabhīram.

     Then was not non-existent nor existent: there was no realm of air, no sky beyond it.
     What covered in, and where? and what gave shelter? Was water there, unfathomed depth of water?

Descendants

• Pali: kuha

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कुह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 298.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “कुह”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 71
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “kuha”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kuha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 175