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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কাশ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬵᬰ᭄ (Balinese script)
- কাশ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰯𑰫𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀸𑀰𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ကာၐ် (Burmese script)
- કાશ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਕਾਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌾𑌶𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦴꦯ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂰𑂬𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಕಾಶ್ (Kannada script)
- កាឝ៑ (Khmer script)
- ກາຨ຺ (Lao script)
- കാശ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠ᠊ᠠᡧ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘰𑘫𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᢗᠱ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧑𑧋𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐵𑐱𑑂 (Newa script)
- କାଶ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢒꢵꢯ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆳𑆯𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖯𑖫𑖿 (Siddham script)
- කාශ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩛𑩿 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚭𑚧𑚶 (Takri script)
- காஶ் (Tamil script)
- కాశ్ (Telugu script)
- กาศฺ (Thai script)
- ཀཱ་ཤ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒰𑒬𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨊𑨮𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kā́ś-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kā́ć-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeḱ- (“to see, look”).
Cognates include Proto-Slavic *kāzàti (“to show”) and Ancient Greek τέκμᾰρ (tékmar, “token”).
Pronunciation
Root
काश् • (kāś)
- to shine brightly, to have an agreeable appearance
- to be visible, appear
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “काश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 280, column 2.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “काश्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 18
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “काश्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 344-5
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “638”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 638
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 325