पौष

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पौष (pauṣa)

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /pɔːʂ/, [pɔːʃ]

Noun

पौष • (pauṣ) m

  1. Pausha (tenth month of the Hindu lunar calendar)
    Synonym: पूस (pūs)

Declension

References

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पौष (pauṣa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʌu̯s]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: पौस्

Proper noun

पौष • (pauṣ)

  1. Pausha
    1. the ninth month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
    2. the tenth month in the lunar Hindu calendar
    Synonym: पुस (pus)

Further reading

  • पौष”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “पौष”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of पुष्य (puṣya, nourisher), from पुष् (puṣ, to nourish)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

पौष • (pauṣa) stem, m

  1. Tenth month of the Hindu lunar calendar

(lunar months) चैत्र (caitra), वैशाख (vaiśākha), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha), आषाढ (āṣāḍha), श्रावण (śrāvaṇa), भाद्र (bhādra), अश्विन् (aśvin), कार्तिक (kārtika), मार्गशीर्ष (mārgaśīrṣa) / अग्रहायण (agrahāyaṇa), पौष (pauṣa), माघ (māgha), फाल्गुन (phālguna) (Category: sa:Lunar months)

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