केसर

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑁂𑀲𑀭 (kesara), from Prakrit 𑀓𑁂𑀲𑀭 (kesara), from Sanskrit केसर (kesara, “hair, saffron”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *káysaras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káysaras, from Proto-Indo-European *kéysero- (“hair”). The sense of "saffron" developed in Sanskrit based on the spice's physical resemblance to hair.

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /keː.səɾ/, [keː.sɐɾ]

केसर • (kesar) m (Urdu spelling کیسر)

1. the stigma or pistil of a flower, especially of the crocus (Crocus sativus)
2. filament of a lotus
3. saffron

   Synonyms: कुंकुम (kuṅkum), ज़ाफ़रान (zāfrān)

4. saffron or yellow

   केसर:  

• → English: kesar

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “केसर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Monier Williams (1899) “केसर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 310.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kḗsara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Sense "hair, mane" is from Proto-Indo-Aryan *káysaras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káysaras, from Proto-Indo-European *kéysero- (“hair”). Cognate with Latin caesaries.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ́j.sɐ.ɾɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.s̪ɐ.ɾɐ/

केसर • (késara) stem, m or n

1. hair

   Synonyms: वाल (valá), वल्श (válśa), केश (kéśa)

2. mane
3. any fibre or filament of flowers or vegetables, resembling strands of hair
4. saffron; the spice derived from the flower of Crocus sativus, resembling hair

   Synonym: कुङ्कुम (kuṅkuma)

• केसरी (kesarī)
• केशर (keśara)

• Pali: kesara
• Prakrit: 𑀓𑁂𑀲𑀭 (kesara)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑁂𑀲𑀭 (kesara)
      • Hindustani:

        Hindi: केसर (kesar)

        Urdu: کیسر (kesar)

        • → English: kesar
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀓𑁂𑀲𑀭 (kesara)
      • Bengali: কেশর (keśor), কেসর (keśor), কেশ (keś)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Nepali: केश्रो (keśro), केशर (keśar)
  • Northwestern:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Punjabi: kesar

          Gurmukhi script: ਕੇਸਰ

          Shahmukhi script: کیسَر

      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi: kaisari

          Arabic script: ڪَيسَْرِ

          Devanagari script: कैसरि

  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ކެހެރި (keheri)
      • Sinhalese: කෙසර (kesara), කෙසුරු (kesuru)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Marathi: केंसर (keusar), केशर (keśar)
  • Western:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑁂𑀲𑀭 (kesara)
      • Gujarati: કેસર (kesar)

• Monier Williams (1899) “केसर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 310.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kḗsara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press