काश

Borrowed from Classical Persian کاش (kāš).

काश • (kāś) (Urdu spelling کاش)

1. if only

   काश मैं आज दुकान गया होता

   kāś ma͠i āj dukān gayā hotā

   If only I had gone to the store today.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɑː.ɕɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː.ɕɐ/

From the root काश् (kāś).

काश • (kāśa) stem

1. shining-brightly

काश • (kāśa) stem, m

1. "the becoming visible", appearance
2. name of a man

Of unclear origin. Comparisons to Etymology 1, as well as to Persian کاه (kâh, “chaff, straw, hay”), have been made. Others have considered the term as a Dravidian borrowing.

काश • (kāśa) stem, m

1. a species of grass, Saccharum spontaneum, used for mats, roofs, etc.
   1. also personified, together with the Kusha grass, as one of Yama's attendants

• → Old Javanese: kāśa
  • → Balinese: ᬓᬲ (kasa)

• Monier Williams (1899) “काश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 280/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 344-5