कस्तीर

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κασσίτερος (kassíteros, tin), perhaps via an Arabic قَصْدِير (qaṣdīr) intermediary.

Pronunciation

Noun

कस्तीर (kastīra) stemn

  1. tin
    Synonym: त्रपु (trapu)

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of कस्तीर (kastīra)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कस्तीरम्
kastīram
कस्तीरे
kastīre
कस्तीराणि / कस्तीरा¹
kastīrāṇi / kastīrā¹
Vocative कस्तीर
kastīra
कस्तीरे
kastīre
कस्तीराणि / कस्तीरा¹
kastīrāṇi / kastīrā¹
Accusative कस्तीरम्
kastīram
कस्तीरे
kastīre
कस्तीराणि / कस्तीरा¹
kastīrāṇi / kastīrā¹
Instrumental कस्तीरेण
kastīreṇa
कस्तीराभ्याम्
kastīrābhyām
कस्तीरैः / कस्तीरेभिः¹
kastīraiḥ / kastīrebhiḥ¹
Dative कस्तीराय
kastīrāya
कस्तीराभ्याम्
kastīrābhyām
कस्तीरेभ्यः
kastīrebhyaḥ
Ablative कस्तीरात्
kastīrāt
कस्तीराभ्याम्
kastīrābhyām
कस्तीरेभ्यः
kastīrebhyaḥ
Genitive कस्तीरस्य
kastīrasya
कस्तीरयोः
kastīrayoḥ
कस्तीराणाम्
kastīrāṇām
Locative कस्तीरे
kastīre
कस्तीरयोः
kastīrayoḥ
कस्तीरेषु
kastīreṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “कस्तीर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 266/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 79