केश

See also: कोश and काश

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit केश (kéśa). Cognate with Marathi केस (kes).

Noun

केश • (keś) m (Urdu spelling کیش‎)

  1. hair

See also

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *káyśas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káyĉas. Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬎‎ (gaēsu, “curls”), Middle Persian gys (gēs, “curl, locks”) (whence Persian گیس‎ (gis), گیسو‎ (gisu, “ringlet of hair, forelock, sidelock, curl”)), Kurdish kezî (kazī), Ossetian гъес (ǧes), хъис (qis, “bristle”). Akin to Old Armenian գէս (gēs), an Iranian borrowing.

Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
  • ᬓᬾᬰ (Balinese script)
  • কেশ (Assamese script)
  • কেশ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰎𑰸𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀓𑁂𑀰 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌕𑍇𑌶 (Grantha script)
  • કેશ (Gujarati script)
  • ꦏꦺꦯ (Javanese script)
  • ಕೇಶ (Kannada script)
  • ကေၐ (Burmese script)
  • କେଶ (Oriya script)
  • ꢒꢾꢯ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆑𑆼𑆯 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖎𑖸𑖫 (Siddham script)
  • కేశ (Telugu script)
  • ཀེཤ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒏𑒹𑒬 (Tirhuta script)


Pronunciation

Noun

केश • (kéśa) m

  1. hair (of the head)
  2. the mane (of a horse or lion)
  3. a kind of perfume

Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of केश (kéśa)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative केशः
kéśaḥ		 केशौ
kéśau		 केशाः / केशासः¹
kéśāḥ / kéśāsaḥ¹
Vocative केश
kéśa		 केशौ
kéśau		 केशाः / केशासः¹
kéśāḥ / kéśāsaḥ¹
Accusative केशम्
kéśam		 केशौ
kéśau		 केशान्
kéśān
Instrumental केशेन
kéśena		 केशाभ्याम्
kéśābhyām		 केशैः / केशेभिः¹
kéśaiḥ / kéśebhiḥ¹
Dative केशाय
kéśāya		 केशाभ्याम्
kéśābhyām		 केशेभ्यः
kéśebhyaḥ
Ablative केशात्
kéśāt		 केशाभ्याम्
kéśābhyām		 केशेभ्यः
kéśebhyaḥ
Genitive केशस्य
kéśasya		 केशयोः
kéśayoḥ		 केशानाम्
kéśānām
Locative केशे
kéśe		 केशयोः
kéśayoḥ		 केशेषु
kéśeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

Descendants
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