कक्ष

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Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कक्ष (kakṣa, private chamber, secluded forest).

Pronunciation

Noun

कक्ष (kakṣm (Urdu spelling ککش)

  1. room, chamber (a part of a building enclosed by walls, a floor, and a ceiling)
    Synonyms: कमरा (kamrā), रूम (rūm)

Declension

Further reading

  • Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “कक्ष”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
  • Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *káćšas (armpit), from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-o-s, from *koḱs- (joint, corner). Cognate with Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬱𐬀 (kaša), Latin coxa (hip), Old High German hahsa (hollow of the knee).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

कक्ष (kákṣa) stemm or f

  1. armpit, region of the girth
  2. a girdle, zone, belt, girth
  3. groin, waist region
  4. the end of the lower garment (which, after the cloth is carried round the body, is brought up behind and tucked into the waistband)
  5. hem, border, lace
  6. the scale of a balance
  7. side or flank
  8. sin
  9. a gate
  10. a buffalo
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of कक्ष (kákṣa)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कक्षः
kákṣaḥ
कक्षौ / कक्षा¹
kákṣau / kákṣā¹
कक्षाः / कक्षासः¹
kákṣāḥ / kákṣāsaḥ¹
Vocative कक्ष
kákṣa
कक्षौ / कक्षा¹
kákṣau / kákṣā¹
कक्षाः / कक्षासः¹
kákṣāḥ / kákṣāsaḥ¹
Accusative कक्षम्
kákṣam
कक्षौ / कक्षा¹
kákṣau / kákṣā¹
कक्षान्
kákṣān
Instrumental कक्षेण
kákṣeṇa
कक्षाभ्याम्
kákṣābhyām
कक्षैः / कक्षेभिः¹
kákṣaiḥ / kákṣebhiḥ¹
Dative कक्षाय
kákṣāya
कक्षाभ्याम्
kákṣābhyām
कक्षेभ्यः
kákṣebhyaḥ
Ablative कक्षात्
kákṣāt
कक्षाभ्याम्
kákṣābhyām
कक्षेभ्यः
kákṣebhyaḥ
Genitive कक्षस्य
kákṣasya
कक्षयोः
kákṣayoḥ
कक्षाणाम्
kákṣāṇām
Locative कक्षे
kákṣe
कक्षयोः
kákṣayoḥ
कक्षेषु
kákṣeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ-so-, from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- (to seize, enclose). Cognate with Latin cohum (pole-to-yoke strap), English haw, English hedge, German Hecke (hedge).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

कक्ष (kákṣa) stemm

  1. a hiding or lurking place
  2. a wood, large wood
  3. a forest of dead trees, a dry wood, underwood (often the lair of beasts)
  4. an inner recess, the interior of a forest
  5. grass, dry grass
  6. a spreading creeper, climbing plant
  7. a room or apartment or other segregated space
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of कक्ष (kákṣa)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कक्षः
kákṣaḥ
कक्षौ / कक्षा¹
kákṣau / kákṣā¹
कक्षाः / कक्षासः¹
kákṣāḥ / kákṣāsaḥ¹
Vocative कक्ष
kákṣa
कक्षौ / कक्षा¹
kákṣau / kákṣā¹
कक्षाः / कक्षासः¹
kákṣāḥ / kákṣāsaḥ¹
Accusative कक्षम्
kákṣam
कक्षौ / कक्षा¹
kákṣau / kákṣā¹
कक्षान्
kákṣān
Instrumental कक्षेण
kákṣeṇa
कक्षाभ्याम्
kákṣābhyām
कक्षैः / कक्षेभिः¹
kákṣaiḥ / kákṣebhiḥ¹
Dative कक्षाय
kákṣāya
कक्षाभ्याम्
kákṣābhyām
कक्षेभ्यः
kákṣebhyaḥ
Ablative कक्षात्
kákṣāt
कक्षाभ्याम्
kákṣābhyām
कक्षेभ्यः
kákṣebhyaḥ
Genitive कक्षस्य
kákṣasya
कक्षयोः
kákṣayoḥ
कक्षाणाम्
kákṣāṇām
Locative कक्षे
kákṣe
कक्षयोः
kákṣayoḥ
कक्षेषु
kákṣeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 288