कलसा

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀮𑀲 (kalasa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit कलश (kalaśa). Compare Konkani कळसो (kaḷso), Gujarati કળશ (kaḷśa), કળશો (kaḷśo), Marathi कळस (kaḷas), Odia କଳସ (kôḷôsô), Bengali কলস (koloś), Assamese কলহ (koloh).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kəl.sɑː/, [kɐl.säː]

Noun

कलसा • (kalsā) m (Urdu spelling کَلْسَا)

1. pitcher, vase, pot
2. a rounded pinnacle or a ball

Declension

Declension of कलसा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कलसा kalsā	कलसे kalse
oblique	कलसे kalse	कलसों kalsõ
vocative	कलसे kalse	कलसो kalso

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कलसा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press