कलश

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कलश (kalaśa).

Noun

कलश • (kalaś) m (Urdu spelling کلش)

  1. pitcher, pot
  2. (Hinduism) kalasha

Declension
Declension of कलश (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct कलश
kalaś		 कलश
kalaś
oblique कलश
kalaś		 कलशों
kalaśõ
vocative कलश
kalaś		 कलशो
kalaśo

Nepali

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kʌlʌs]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: कलस्

Noun

कलश • (kalaś)

  1. (Hinduism) a kalasha
  2. a pot

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • কলশ (Assamese script)
  • ᬓᬮᬰ (Balinese script)
  • কলশ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰎𑰩𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀓𑀮𑀰 (Brahmi script)
  • ကလၐ (Burmese script)
  • કલશ (Gujarati script)
  • ਕਲਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌕𑌲𑌶 (Grantha script)
  • ꦏꦭꦯ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂍𑂪𑂬 (Kaithi script)
  • ಕಲಶ (Kannada script)
  • កលឝ (Khmer script)
  • ກລຨ (Lao script)
  • കലശ (Malayalam script)
  • ᡬᠠᠯᠠᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘎𑘩𑘫 (Modi script)
  • ᢉᠠᠯᠠᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦮𑧉𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐎𑐮𑐱 (Newa script)
  • କଲଶ (Odia script)
  • ꢒꢭꢯ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆑𑆬𑆯 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖎𑖩𑖫 (Siddham script)
  • කලශ (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩜𑩽𑩿 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚊𑚥𑚧 (Takri script)
  • கலஶ (Tamil script)
  • కలశ (Telugu script)
  • กลศ (Thai script)
  • ཀ་ལ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒏𑒪𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨋𑨬𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, compare Tamil கலம் (kalam).[1] Alternatively see Old Armenian կարաս (karas, “water-jar”) for possible connections. Compare also Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix, “a wine cup”) and Latin calix (“cup, chalice”).

Pronunciation

Noun

कलश • (kaláśa) stem, m

  1. a water-pot, pitcher, jar, dish (the breasts of a woman are frequently compared to jars)
  2. a butter-tub, churn
  3. a particular measure, same as a द्रोण (droṇa)
  4. a round pinnacle on the top of a temple, especially the pinnacle crowning a Buddhist Caitya or stupa

Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of कलश (kaláśa)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कलशः
kaláśaḥ		 कलशौ / कलशा¹
kaláśau / kaláśā¹		 कलशाः / कलशासः¹
kaláśāḥ / kaláśāsaḥ¹
Vocative कलश
kálaśa		 कलशौ / कलशा¹
kálaśau / kálaśā¹		 कलशाः / कलशासः¹
kálaśāḥ / kálaśāsaḥ¹
Accusative कलशम्
kaláśam		 कलशौ / कलशा¹
kaláśau / kaláśā¹		 कलशान्
kaláśān
Instrumental कलशेन
kaláśena		 कलशाभ्याम्
kaláśābhyām		 कलशैः / कलशेभिः¹
kaláśaiḥ / kaláśebhiḥ¹
Dative कलशाय
kaláśāya		 कलशाभ्याम्
kaláśābhyām		 कलशेभ्यः
kaláśebhyaḥ
Ablative कलशात्
kaláśāt		 कलशाभ्याम्
kaláśābhyām		 कलशेभ्यः
kaláśebhyaḥ
Genitive कलशस्य
kaláśasya		 कलशयोः
kaláśayoḥ		 कलशानाम्
kaláśānām
Locative कलशे
kaláśe		 कलशयोः
kaláśayoḥ		 कलशेषु
kaláśeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References
  1. Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “kalam”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
  • Monier Williams (1899) “कलश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 260/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 321
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 179
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