Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
kaśt. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
kaśt, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
kaśt in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
kaśt you have here. The definition of the word
kaśt will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
kaśt, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Romani
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit काष्ठ (kāṣṭhá, “wood”). Cognate with Gujarati કાઠ (kāṭh) and Hindustani کاٹھ (kāṭh) / काठ (kāṭh).
Noun
kaśt m (plural kaśta)
- (International Standard) wood
- tree
References
- Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “kášt”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 137
- Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o kaśt, -es- m. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 189
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kāṣṭhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 159