काश

See also: कोश and केश

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کاش (kāš).

Conjunction

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.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কাশ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬵᬰ (Balinese script)
• কাশ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰯𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀸𑀰 (Brahmi script)
• ကာၐ (Burmese script)
• કાશ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਾਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌾𑌶 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦴꦯ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂰𑂬 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಾಶ (Kannada script)
• កាឝ (Khmer script)
• ກາຨ (Lao script)
• കാശ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘰𑘫 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢗᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧑𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐵𑐱 (Newa script)
• କାଶ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢵꢯ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆳𑆯 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖯𑖫 (Siddham script)
• කාශ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩛𑩿 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚭𑚧 (Takri script)
• காஶ (Tamil script)
• కాశ (Telugu script)
• กาศ (Thai script)
• ཀཱ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒰𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨊𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology 1

From the root काश् (kāś).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

काश • (kāśa) stem, m

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

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of काश (kāśa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	काशः kāśaḥ	काशौ / काशा¹ kāśau / kāśā¹	काशाः / काशासः¹ kāśāḥ / kāśāsaḥ¹
Vocative	काश kāśa	काशौ / काशा¹ kāśau / kāśā¹	काशाः / काशासः¹ kāśāḥ / kāśāsaḥ¹
Accusative	काशम् kāśam	काशौ / काशा¹ kāśau / kāśā¹	काशान् kāśān
Instrumental	काशेन kāśena	काशाभ्याम् kāśābhyām	काशैः / काशेभिः¹ kāśaiḥ / kāśebhiḥ¹
Dative	काशाय kāśāya	काशाभ्याम् kāśābhyām	काशेभ्यः kāśebhyaḥ
Ablative	काशात् kāśāt	काशाभ्याम् kāśābhyām	काशेभ्यः kāśebhyaḥ
Genitive	काशस्य kāśasya	काशयोः kāśayoḥ	काशानाम् kāśānām
Locative	काशे kāśe	काशयोः kāśayoḥ	काशेषु kāśeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Etymology 2

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.

Noun

काश • (kāśa) stem, m

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

Descendants

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

References

• 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]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 344-5