कलश

See also: क्लेश and क्लिश्

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कलश (kalaśa).

Noun

कलश • (kalaś) m (Urdu spelling کلش)

1. pitcher, pot
2. (Hinduism) kalasha

Declension

Declension of कलश (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कलश kalaś	कलश kalaś
oblique	कलश kalaś	कलशों kalaśõ
vocative	कलश kalaś	कलशो kalaśo

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कलश (kalaśa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʌlʌs]
• Phonetic Devanagari: कलस्

Noun

कलश • (kalaś)

1. (Hinduism) a kalasha
2. a pot

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কলশ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬮᬰ (Balinese script)
• কলশ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰩𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀮𑀰 (Brahmi script)
• ကလၐ (Burmese script)
• કલશ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਲਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌲𑌶 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦭꦯ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂪𑂬 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಲಶ (Kannada script)
• កលឝ (Khmer script)
• ກລຨ (Lao script)
• കലശ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᠯᠠᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘩𑘫 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᠯᠠᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧉𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐮𑐱 (Newa script)
• କଲଶ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢭꢯ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆬𑆯 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖩𑖫 (Siddham script)
• කලශ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩽𑩿 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚥𑚧 (Takri script)
• கலஶ (Tamil script)
• కలశ (Telugu script)
• กลศ (Thai script)
• ཀ་ལ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒪𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨬𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

See Old Armenian կարաս (karas, “water-jar”) for possible connections. Compare also Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix, “a wine cup”) and Latin calix (“cup, chalice”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.lɐ́.ɕɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐ.l̪ɐ.ɕɐ/

Noun

क॒लश॑ • (kaláśa) stem, m

1. a water-pot, pitcher, jar, dish (the breasts of a woman are frequently compared to jars)
2. a butter-tub, churn
3. a particular measure, same as a द्रोण (droṇa)
4. a round pinnacle on the top of a temple, especially the pinnacle crowning a Buddhist Caitya or stupa

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of क॒लश॑

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	क॒लशः॑ (kaláśaḥ)	क॒लशौ॑ (kaláśau) क॒लशा॑¹ (kaláśā¹)	क॒लशाः॑ (kaláśāḥ) क॒लशा॑सः¹ (kaláśāsaḥ¹)
accusative	क॒लश॑म् (kaláśam)	क॒लशौ॑ (kaláśau) क॒लशा॑¹ (kaláśā¹)	क॒लशा॑न् (kaláśān)
instrumental	क॒लशे॑न (kaláśena)	क॒लशा॑भ्याम् (kaláśābhyām)	क॒लशैः॑ (kaláśaiḥ) क॒लशे॑भिः¹ (kaláśebhiḥ¹)
dative	क॒लशा॑य (kaláśāya)	क॒लशा॑भ्याम् (kaláśābhyām)	क॒लशे॑भ्यः (kaláśebhyaḥ)
ablative	क॒लशा॑त् (kaláśāt)	क॒लशा॑भ्याम् (kaláśābhyām)	क॒लशे॑भ्यः (kaláśebhyaḥ)
genitive	क॒लश॑स्य (kaláśasya)	क॒लश॑योः (kaláśayoḥ)	क॒लशा॑नाम् (kaláśānām)
locative	क॒लशे॑ (kaláśe)	क॒लश॑योः (kaláśayoḥ)	क॒लशे॑षु (kaláśeṣu)
vocative	कल॑श (kálaśa)	कल॑शौ (kálaśau) कल॑शा¹ (kálaśā¹)	कल॑शाः (kálaśāḥ) कल॑शासः¹ (kálaśāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “कलश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 260/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 321
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956), Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 179