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
  • ᬓᬾᬰ (Balinese script)
  • কেশ (Assamese script)
  • কেশ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰎𑰸𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀓𑁂𑀰 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌕𑍇𑌶 (Grantha script)
  • કેશ (Gujarati script)
  • ਕੇਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦏꦺꦯ (Javanese script)
  • កេឝ (Khmer script)
  • ಕೇಶ (Kannada script)
  • ເກຨ (Lao script)
  • കേശ (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘎𑘹𑘫 (Modi script)
  • ᢉᠧᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • ᡬᡝᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
  • ကေၐ (Burmese script)
  • 𑦮𑧚𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐎𑐾𑐱 (Newa script)
  • କେଶ (Oriya script)
  • ꢒꢾꢯ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆑𑆼𑆯 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖎𑖸𑖫 (Siddham script)
  • කේශ (Sinhalese script)
  • కేశ (Telugu script)
  • เกศ (Thai script)
  • ཀེ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒏𑒹𑒬 (Tirhuta 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) m

  1. hair (of the head), locks of hair, tresses
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
    • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 6.137.2:
      अभीशुना मेया आसन् व्यामेनानुमेयाः ।
      केशा नडा इव वर्धन्तां शीर्ष्णस्ते असिताः परि ॥
      abhī́śunā méyā āsan vyāménānuméyāḥ.
      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
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
  • Assamese: কেশ (kex)
  • Bengali: কেশ (keś)
  • Hindi: केश (keś)
  • Marathi: केस (kes)
  • Oriya: କେଶ (keśô)
  • Tamil: கேசம் (kēcam)
  • Telugu: కేశము (kēśamu)
  • Urdu: کیش‎ (keś)
  • Punjabi: ਕੇਸ (kes), ਕੇਸ਼ (keś)
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