कासते

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *káHsatay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káHsatay, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂s- (“to cough”). Cognate with Latvian kāss, Russian ка́шель (kášelʹ), Irish casacht, Old English hwōsan.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɑ́ː.sɐ.tɐj/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː.s̪ɐ.t̪eː/

Verb

कासते • (kā́sate) third-singular present indicative (class 1, type A) (Vedic kā́satai)

1. to cough

Descendants

• Assamese: কাহ (kah)