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

See also

• बाल (bāl)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

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

Alternative forms

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)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

केश • (kéśa) stem, m

1. hair (of the 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 (akeśa)

Descendants

• Hindi: केश (keś)
• Marathi: केस (kes)
• Telugu: కేశము (kēśamu)
• Urdu: کیش (keś)
• Punjabi: ਕੇਸ਼ (keś)