केश

See also: कोश and काश

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit केश (kéśa). Cognate with Marathi केस (kes).

Noun

केश • (keś) m (Urdu spelling کیش)

1. hair

Declension

Declension of केश (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	केश keś	केश keś
oblique	केश keś	केशों keśõ
vocative	केश keś	केशो keśo

See also

• बाल (bāl)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কেশ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬾᬰ (Balinese script)
• কেশ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰸𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑁂𑀰 (Brahmi script)
• ကေၐ (Burmese script)
• કેશ (Gujarati script)
• ਕੇਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍇𑌶 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦺꦯ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂵𑂬 (Kaithi script)
• ಕೇಶ (Kannada script)
• កេឝ (Khmer script)
• ເກຨ (Lao script)
• കേശ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᡝᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘹𑘫 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠧᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧚𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐾𑐱 (Newa script)
• କେଶ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢾꢯ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆼𑆯 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖸𑖫 (Siddham script)
• කෙශ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩔𑩿 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚲𑚧 (Takri script)
• கேஶ (Tamil script)
• కేశ (Telugu script)
• เกศ (Thai script)
• ཀེ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒹𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨄𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *káyśas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káyćas ~ gáyćas. Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬎 (gaēsu, “curls”), Middle Persian gys (gēs, “curl, locks”) (whence Persian گیس (gis), گیسو (gisu, “ringlet of hair, forelock, sidelock, curl”)), Northern Kurdish kezî (kazī), Northern Luri گؽس (gês), Ossetian гъес (ǧes), хъис (qis, “bristle”). Akin to Old Armenian գէս (gēs), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ́j.ɕɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.ɕɐ/

Noun

केश • (kéśa) stem, m

1. hair (of the head), locks of hair, tresses
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 6.137.2:

     अ॒भीशु॑ना॒ मेया॑ आसन्व्या॒मेना॑नु॒मेयाः॑।
     केशा॑ न॒डा इ॑व वर्धन्तां शी॒र्ष्णस्ते॑ असि॒ताः परि॑ ॥

     abhī́śunā méyā āsanvyāménānuméyāḥ.
     kéśā naḍā́ iva vardhantāṃ śīrṣṇáste asitā́ḥ pári .

     They might be measured with a rein or measurable with both extended arms.
     Let the black locks spring thick and strong and grow like reeds upon thy head.

2. the mane (of a horse or lion)
3. a kind of perfume

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of केश (kéśa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	केशः kéśaḥ	केशौ / केशा¹ kéśau / kéśā¹	केशाः / केशासः¹ kéśāḥ / kéśāsaḥ¹
Vocative	केश kéśa	केशौ / केशा¹ kéśau / kéśā¹	केशाः / केशासः¹ kéśāḥ / kéśāsaḥ¹
Accusative	केशम् kéśam	केशौ / केशा¹ kéśau / kéśā¹	केशान् kéśān
Instrumental	केशेन kéśena	केशाभ्याम् kéśābhyām	केशैः / केशेभिः¹ kéśaiḥ / kéśebhiḥ¹
Dative	केशाय kéśāya	केशाभ्याम् kéśābhyām	केशेभ्यः kéśebhyaḥ
Ablative	केशात् kéśāt	केशाभ्याम् kéśābhyām	केशेभ्यः kéśebhyaḥ
Genitive	केशस्य kéśasya	केशयोः kéśayoḥ	केशानाम् kéśānām
Locative	केशे kéśe	केशयोः kéśayoḥ	केशेषु kéśeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• अकेश (akéśa)

Descendants

• Assamese: কেশ (kex)
• Bengali: কেশ (keś)
• Chakma: 𑄇𑄬𑄌𑄴 (kec)
• Hindi: केश (keś)
• Marathi: केस (kes)
• Odia: କେଶ (keśô)
• Tamil: கேசம் (kēcam)
• Telugu: కేశము (kēśamu)
• Urdu: کیش (keś)
• Punjabi: ਕੇਸ (kes), ਕੇਸ਼ (keś)