पौष

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पौष (pauṣa)

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA(key): /pɔːʂ/,

Noun

पौष (pauṣm

  1. Pausha (tenth month of the Hindu lunar calendar)
    Synonym: पूस (pūs)

Declension

References

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पौष (pauṣa).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

पौष (pauṣ)

  1. Pausha
    1. the ninth month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
    2. the tenth month in the lunar Hindu calendar
    Synonym: पुस (pus)

Further reading

  • पौष”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “पौष”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of पुष्य (puṣya, nourisher), from पुष् (puṣ, to nourish)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

पौष (pauṣa) stemm

  1. Tenth month of the Hindu lunar calendar

(lunar months) चैत्र (caitra), वैशाख (vaiśākha), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha), आषाढ (āṣāḍha), श्रावण (śrāvaṇa), भाद्र (bhādra), अश्विन् (aśvin), कार्तिक (kārtika), मार्गशीर्ष (mārgaśīrṣa) / अग्रहायण (agrahāyaṇa), पौष (pauṣa), माघ (māgha), फाल्गुन (phālguna) (Category: sa:Lunar months)

Descendants

  • Prakrit: 𑀧𑁄𑀲 (posa)
  • Hindi: पौष (pauṣ) (learned)
  • Nepali: पौष (pauṣ) (learned)