Malayalam[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Sanskrit कष्ट (kaṣṭa).
Pronunciation[edit]
കഷ്ടി • (kaṣṭi)
- lack, not enough
- strait, scantiness
References[edit]
- Godavarma, K. (1946) “കഷ്ടി”, in Indo-Aryan loanwords in Malayalam, Thiruvanathapuram: Head of department of Malayalam, page 21
- Kailash Nath (2019) “കഷ്ടി”, in “Olam” Kailash Nath's Malayalam → English dictionary