कश्मीर

See also: कश्मीरी

Hindi

Alternative forms

• काश्मीर (kāśmīr)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कश्मीर (kaśmīra), which is probably a contraction of कश्यपमीर (kaśyapamīra) or कश्यपमेरु (kaśyapameru).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kəʃ.miːɾ/, [kɐʃ.miːɾ]
• Rhymes: -iːɾ

Proper noun

कश्मीर • (kaśmīr) m (Urdu spelling کشمیر)

1. Kashmir (a region of South Asia)

Declension

Declension of कश्मीर (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	कश्मीर kaśmīr
oblique	कश्मीर kaśmīr
vocative	कश्मीर kaśmīr

Derived terms

• कश्मीरी (kaśmīrī)
• आज़ाद कश्मीर (āzād kaśmīr), आज़ाद जम्मू और कश्मीर (āzād jammū aur kaśmīr)
• जम्मू और कश्मीर (jammū aur kaśmīr)

Descendants

• → English: Cashmere, Kashmir
  • ⇒ English: cashmere

See also

• जम्मू (jammū)
• लद्दाख़ (laddāx)
• श्रीनगर (śrīnagar)
• मुज़फ़्फ़राबाद (muzaffarābād)
• कठुआ (kaṭhuā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कश्मीर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कश्मीर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• “कश्मीर”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “कश्मीर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কশ্মীৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬰ᭄ᬫᬷᬭ (Balinese script)
• কশ্মীর (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰫𑰿𑰦𑰱𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀰𑁆𑀫𑀻𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ကၐ္မီရ (Burmese script)
• કશ્મીર (Gujarati script)
• ਕਸ਼੍ਮੀਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌶𑍍𑌮𑍀𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦯ꧀ꦩꦷꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂬𑂹𑂧𑂲𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಶ್ಮೀರ (Kannada script)
• កឝ្មីរ (Khmer script)
• ກຨ຺ມີຣ (Lao script)
• കശ്മീര (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᡧᠮᡳᡳᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘫𑘿𑘦𑘲𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᠱᠮᠢᠢᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧋𑧠𑧆𑧓𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐱𑑂𑐩𑐷𑐬 (Newa script)
• କଶ୍ମୀର (Odia script)
• ꢒꢯ꣄ꢪꢷꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆯𑇀𑆩𑆵𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖫𑖿𑖦𑖱𑖨 (Siddham script)
• කශ‍්මීර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩿 𑪙𑩴𑩑𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚧𑚶𑚢𑚯𑚤 (Takri script)
• கஶ்மீர (Tamil script)
• కశ్మీర (Telugu script)
• กศฺมีร (Thai script)
• ཀ་ཤྨཱི་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒬𑓂𑒧𑒲𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨮𑩇𑨢𑨁𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably a contraction of कश्यपमीर (kaśyapamīra) or कश्यपमेरु (kaśyapameru).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐɕˈmiː.ɾɐ/

Proper noun

कश्मीर • (kaśmīra) stem, m

1. Kashmir

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कश्मीर (kaśmīra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कश्मीरः kaśmīraḥ	कश्मीरौ / कश्मीरा¹ kaśmīrau / kaśmīrā¹	कश्मीराः / कश्मीरासः¹ kaśmīrāḥ / kaśmīrāsaḥ¹
Vocative	कश्मीर kaśmīra	कश्मीरौ / कश्मीरा¹ kaśmīrau / kaśmīrā¹	कश्मीराः / कश्मीरासः¹ kaśmīrāḥ / kaśmīrāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कश्मीरम् kaśmīram	कश्मीरौ / कश्मीरा¹ kaśmīrau / kaśmīrā¹	कश्मीरान् kaśmīrān
Instrumental	कश्मीरेण kaśmīreṇa	कश्मीराभ्याम् kaśmīrābhyām	कश्मीरैः / कश्मीरेभिः¹ kaśmīraiḥ / kaśmīrebhiḥ¹
Dative	कश्मीराय kaśmīrāya	कश्मीराभ्याम् kaśmīrābhyām	कश्मीरेभ्यः kaśmīrebhyaḥ
Ablative	कश्मीरात् kaśmīrāt	कश्मीराभ्याम् kaśmīrābhyām	कश्मीरेभ्यः kaśmīrebhyaḥ
Genitive	कश्मीरस्य kaśmīrasya	कश्मीरयोः kaśmīrayoḥ	कश्मीराणाम् kaśmīrāṇām
Locative	कश्मीरे kaśmīre	कश्मीरयोः kaśmīrayoḥ	कश्मीरेषु kaśmīreṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Hindustani:

  Hindi: कश्मीर (kaśmīr)

  Urdu: کشمیر (kaśmīr)

  • English: Kashmir, Cashmere
  • Persian: کشمیر (kašmir), قشمیر (ghešmir)
  • Chinese: 開司米／开司米 (kāisīmǐ)
• Assamese: কাশ্মীৰ (kasmir)
• Bengali: কাশ্মীর (kaśmir)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कश्मीर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 265.