𐎣𐎠𐎿𐎣

Old Persian

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Iranian *kā́šti (“to shine brilliantly, to be visible”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kā́ĉti (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]

Derived terms

𐎣𐎠𐎿𐎣𐎡𐎴 (k-a-s-k-i-n /kāsakaina/, “made of glass”)

Descendants

(possibly) Middle Persian: [script needed] (*kʾsk' /kāsag/, “bowl”)
- Persian: کاسه‎ (kâse)
  - Tajik: коса (kosa), косаи (kosayi)
  - → Bashkir: каса (kasa)
  - → Kazakh: кесе (kese)
  - → Kyrgyz: кесе (kese)
  - → Ottoman Turkish: کاسه‎ (kâse)
    - Turkish: kâse
    - Serbo-Croatian: ћаса / ćasa
  - → Turkmen: käse

References

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

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