काश

See also: कोश and केश

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (kāš).

Conjunction

काश • (kāś) (Urdu spelling کاش)

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

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

"the becoming visible", appearance
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 (kâh, “chaff, straw, hay”), have been made. Others have considered the term as a Dravidian borrowing.

Noun

काश • (kāśa) stem, m

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

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