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

Declension
Declension of केश (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct केश
keś		 केश
keś
oblique केश
keś		 केशों
keśõ
vocative केश
keś		 केशो
keśo

See also

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • কেশ (Assamese script)
  • ᬓᬾᬰ (Balinese script)
  • কেশ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰎𑰸𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀓𑁂𑀰 (Brahmi script)
  • ကေၐ (Burmese script)
  • કેશ (Gujarati script)
  • ਕੇਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌕𑍇𑌶 (Grantha script)
  • ꦏꦺꦯ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂍𑂵𑂬 (Kaithi script)
  • ಕೇಶ (Kannada script)
  • កេឝ (Khmer script)
  • ເກຨ (Lao script)
  • കേശ (Malayalam script)
  • ᡬᡝᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘎𑘹𑘫 (Modi script)
  • ᢉᠧᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦮𑧚𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐎𑐾𑐱 (Newa script)
  • କେଶ (Odia script)
  • ꢒꢾꢯ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆑𑆼𑆯 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖎𑖸𑖫 (Siddham script)
  • කෙශ (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩜𑩔𑩿 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚊𑚲𑚧 (Takri script)
  • கேஶ (Tamil script)
  • కేశ (Telugu script)
  • เกศ (Thai script)
  • ཀེ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒏𑒹𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨋𑨄𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

केश • (kéśa) stem, m

  1. hair (of the head), locks of hair, tresses
    • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 6.137.2:
      अ॒भीशु॑ना॒ मेया॑ आसन्व्या॒मेना॑नु॒मेयाः॑।
      केशा॑ न॒डा इ॑व वर्धन्तां शी॒र्ष्णस्ते॑ असि॒ताः परि॑ ॥
      abhī́śunā méyā āsanvyāménānuméyāḥ.
      kéśā naḍā́ iva vardhantāṃ śīrṣṇáste asitā́ḥ pári.
      They might be measured with a rein or measurable with both extended arms.
      Let the black locks spring thick and strong and grow like reeds upon thy 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 / केशा¹
kéśau / kéśā¹		 केशाः / केशासः¹
kéśāḥ / kéśāsaḥ¹
Vocative केश
kéśa		 केशौ / केशा¹
kéśau / kéśā¹		 केशाः / केशासः¹
kéśāḥ / kéśāsaḥ¹
Accusative केशम्
kéśam		 केशौ / केशा¹
kéśau / kéśā¹		 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
  • Assamese: কেশ (kex)
  • Bengali: কেশ (keś)
  • Chakma: 𑄇𑄬𑄌𑄴 (kec)
  • Hindi: केश (keś)
  • Marathi: केस (kes)
  • Odia: କେଶ (keśô)
  • Tamil: கேசம் (kēcam)
  • Telugu: కేశము (kēśamu)
  • Urdu: کیش (keś)
  • Punjabi: ਕੇਸ (kes), ਕੇਸ਼ (keś)
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