𐎣𐎠𐎿𐎣

Old Persian

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Iranian *kā́šti (“to shine brilliantly, to be visible”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kā́ćti (compare Sanskrit काशते (kāśate), Avestan 𐬁𐬐𐬀𐬯𐬀𐬝 (ākasat̰)), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷḗḱ-ti ~ *kʷéḱ-n̥ti, from *kʷeḱ- (“to see, look”).[1]

Noun

𐎣𐎠𐎿𐎣 (k-a-s-k /kāsaka/) m[2]

  1. glass
  2. semi-precious stone

Derived terms

Descendants
  • (possibly) Middle Persian: [script needed] (*kʾsk' /⁠kāsag⁠/, “bowl”)
    • Persian: کاسه (kâse)
      • Tajik: коса (kosa), косаи (kosayi)
      • → Armenian: քասա (kʻasa)
      • → Azerbaijani: kasa
      • → Bashkir: каса (kasa)
      • → Kazakh: кесе (kese)
      • → Northern Kurdish: kas, kase
      • → Kyrgyz: кесе (kese)
      • → Tatar: кәсә (käsä)
      • → Ottoman Turkish: كاسه (kâse)
        • Ladino: kyase
        • Turkish: kâse
        • Serbo-Croatian: ћаса / ćasa
      • → Turkmen: käse
      • → Uyghur: كاسا (kasa)

References
  1. Kent, Roland G. (1950) Old Persian: grammar, texts, lexicon, New Haven: American Oriental Society, page 180
  2. Skjærvø, Prods Oktor (2016) An Introduction to Old Persian‎, page 171
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