kesa

See also: kesä and kęsa

English

Etymology

From Japanese 袈裟 (けさ, kesa), from Middle Chinese 袈裟 (kˠa ʃˠa), from Sanskrit काषाय (kāṣāya).

Noun

kesa (plural kesas or kesa)

  1. A robe worn by Buddhist monks and nuns.

Anagrams

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kesä. Cognate with Finnish kesä, Veps keza, Võro kesä.

Noun

kesa (genitive kesa, partitive kesa)

  1. fallow

Inflection

Derived terms

Hawaiian

Noun

kesa

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter X.

Iban

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kəsaʔ]
  • Rhymes: -saʔ

Noun

kesa

  1. fire ant (Solenopsis spp. (tropical fire ants))

Japanese

Romanization

kesa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of けさ

Maltese

Root
k-s-j
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic كَسَا (kasā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.sa/

Verb

kesa (imperfect jiksi, past participle miksi, verbal noun kisi)

  1. to cover
    Synonym: għatta
  2. (construction) to plaster

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit केश (keśa).

Noun

kesa m

  1. hair (of the head)

Declension

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كیسه (kîse) (Turkish kese), from Persian کیسه (kise).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kêsa/
  • Hyphenation: ke‧sa

Noun

kȅsa f (Cyrillic spelling ке̏са)

  1. (regional in Croatia, otherwise general) pouch
  2. (regional in Croatia, otherwise general) sack, bag

Declension

Synonyms

Tagalog

Conjunction

kesa

  1. Pronunciation spelling of kay sa.

Zazaki

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Iranian *kacyápah.

Noun

kesa f

  1. tortoise
    Synonym: kesakosi

References

  • Şenateş, Şaban (2022), kesa”, in Ferhengê Zazakî [Dimilî, Kirmancî, Kirdî] Türkçe Açıklamalı [Zazaki dictionary with explanations in Turkish] (in Zazaki), Istanbul: Nûbihar, page 957a
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