कुष्ठ

Monier claims कु- (ku-) +‎ स्थ (stha).

Perhaps related to कुठिक (kuṭhika).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kúʂ.ʈʰɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkuʂ.ʈʰɐ/

कुष्ठ • (kúṣṭha) m or n

1. Costus speciosus, traditionally used to cure तक्मन् (takman, “a skin disease”)

• Pali: kuṭṭha, koṭṭha
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞 (kuṭṭha)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞 (kuṭṭha)
  • Hindi: कुट (kuṭ)
• → Ancient Greek: κόστος (kóstos), κόστον (kóston)
  • → Arabic: قُسْط‎ (qusṭ)
  • → Ge'ez: ቈስጥ (ḳʷäsṭ), ቈስጤ (ḳʷäsṭe), ቍስጥ (ḳʷəsṭ), ቁስጥ (ḳusṭ)
  • → Classical Syriac: ܩܘܫܬܐ‏‎ (qōštā)
  • → Latin: costus, costum
    • → Czech: kost
    • ⇒ German: Kostwurz
    • → Russian: кост (kost)
• → Tamil: கோஷ்டம் (kōṣṭam)

• Monier Williams (1899), “कुष्ठ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 297.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 381
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kúṣṭha (3370)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 447
• Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 391
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎ (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 132

कुष्ठ • (kuṣṭha) n

1. (pathology) leprosy

• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞 (koṭṭha)
  • Gujarati: કોઢ (koḍh)
  • Hindi: कोढ़ (koṛh)
• Indonesian: kusta