कुतस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • কুতস্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬓᬸᬢᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • কুতস্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰎𑰲𑰝𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀓𑀼𑀢𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ကုတသ် (Burmese script)
  • કુતસ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਕੁਤਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌕𑍁𑌤𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦏꦸꦠꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂍𑂳𑂞𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಕುತಸ್ (Kannada script)
  • កុតស៑ (Khmer script)
  • ກຸຕສ຺ (Lao script)
  • കുതസ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᡬᡠᢠᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘎𑘳𑘝𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᢉᠤᢐᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦮𑧔𑦽𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐎𑐸𑐟𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
  • କୁତସ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢒꢸꢡꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆑𑆶𑆠𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖎𑖲𑖝𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • කුතස් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩜𑩒𑩫𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚊𑚰𑚙𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
  • குதஸ் (Tamil script)
  • కుతస్ (Telugu script)
  • กุตสฺ (Thai script)
  • ཀུ་ཏ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒏𑒳𑒞𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨋𑨃𑨙𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From a tas-ablative form of कु (ku, “a pronominal base implying deterioration, want”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

कुतस् • (kutas)

  1. from whom?
  2. since what time
  3. from where? whence?
  4. whereto? in which direction
  5. where?
  6. wherefore? why? from what cause or motive? because
  7. how? in what manner?
  8. how much less? much less

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “कुतस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 290/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 364
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