काशी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit काशी (kāśī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /kɑː.ʃiː/, [käː.ʃiː]

Proper noun

काशी • (kāśī) f (Urdu spelling کاشی)

1. Kashi (a city in Uttar Pradesh, India)

   Synonyms: वाराणसी (vārāṇsī), बनारस (banāras)

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit काशी (kāśī). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘎𑘰𑘫𑘲 (kāśī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ɕi/, [ka.ɕiː]

Proper noun

काशी • (kāśī) f

1. Kashi (a city in Uttar Pradesh, India), having a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in Hinduism

   Synonym: वाराणसी (vārāṇsī)

2. a female given name from Sanskrit

   काशीबाई ― kāśībāī ― Kashibai

Declension

Declension of काशी (fem ī-stem)
direct singular	काशी kāśī
direct plural	काश्या kāśyā
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	काशी kāśī		काश्या kāśyā
oblique सामान्यरूप	काशी kāśī		काश्यां- kāśyān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	काशीला kāśīlā		काश्यांना kāśyānnā
ergative	काशीने, काशीनं kāśīne, kāśīna		काश्यांनी kāśyānnī
instrumental	काशीशी kāśīśī		काश्यांशी kāśyānśī
locative सप्तमी	काशीत kāśīt		काश्यांत kāśyāt
vocative संबोधन	काशी kāśī		काश्यांनो kāśyānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of काशी (fem ī-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	काशीचा kāśīċā	काशीचे kāśīċe	काशीची kāśīcī	काशीच्या kāśīcā	काशीचे, काशीचं kāśīċe, kāśīċa	काशीची kāśīcī	काशीच्या kāśīcā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	काश्यांचा kāśyānċā	काश्यांचे kāśyānċe	काश्यांची kāśyāñcī	काश्यांच्या kāśyāncā	काश्यांचे, काश्यांचं kāśyānċe, kāśyānċa	काश्यांची kāśyāñcī	काश्यांच्या kāśyāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• काशीफळ (kāśīphaḷ, “pumpkin”)

References

• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “काशी”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “काशी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কাশী (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬵᬰᬷ (Balinese script)
• কাশী (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰯𑰫𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀸𑀰𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ကာၐီ (Burmese script)
• કાશી (Gujarati script)
• ਕਾਸ਼ੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌾𑌶𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦴꦯꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂰𑂬𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಾಶೀ (Kannada script)
• កាឝី (Khmer script)
• ກາຨີ (Lao script)
• കാശീ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡧᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘰𑘫𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢗᠱᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧑𑧋𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐵𑐱𑐷 (Newa script)
• କାଶୀ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢵꢯꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆳𑆯𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖯𑖫𑖱 (Siddham script)
• කාශී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩛𑩿𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚭𑚧𑚯 (Takri script)
• காஶீ (Tamil script)
• కాశీ (Telugu script)
• กาศี (Thai script)
• ཀཱ་ཤཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒰𑒬𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨊𑨮𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root काश् (kāś, “to shine”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɑː.ɕiː/

Proper noun

काशी • (kāśī) stem, f

1. (historical) one of the Mahajanapadas, with Varanasi as it's capital city.
2. Varanasi

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of काशी

	singular
nominative	काशी (kāśī)
accusative	काशीम् (kāśīm)
instrumental	काश्या (kāśyā)
dative	काश्यै (kāśyai)
ablative	काश्याः (kāśyāḥ)
genitive	काश्याः (kāśyāḥ)
locative	काश्याम् (kāśyām)
vocative	काशि (kāśi)

Descendants

• → Bengali: কাশি (kaśi)
• → Gujarati: કાશી (kāśī)
• → Kannada: ಕಾಶಿ (kāśi)
• → Hindi: काशी (kāśī)
• → Malayalam: കാശി (kāśi)
• → Old Marathi: 𑘎𑘰𑘫𑘲 (kāśī)
  • Marathi: काशी (kāśī)
• → Tamil: காசி (kāci)
• → Telugu: కాశీ (kāśī)
• → Urdu: کاشی (kāśī)