पौष

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पौष (pauṣa), from पुष्य (puṣya, the nourisher), from the root पुष् (puṣ, to nourish, increase).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /pɔːʂ/, [pɔːʃ]

Noun

पौष (pauṣ) m

  1. Pausha (tenth month of the Hindu lunar calendar)
    Synonym: पूस (pūs)

Declension

References

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पौष (pauṣa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʌu̯s]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: पौस्

Proper noun

पौष (pauṣ)

  1. Pausha
    1. the ninth month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
    2. the tenth month in the lunar Hindu calendar
    Synonym: पुस (pus)

Further reading

  • पौष”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (Nepālī Br̥hat Śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), पौष”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
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