کیس

Persian

Noun

کیس • (kis)

  1. (archaic) crease, wrinkle, fold

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu کیس (kes), from Sanskrit केश (kḗśa).

Pronunciation

Noun

کیس • (kesm (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੇਸ)

  1. hair (long and uncut)

Declension

Declension of کیس
singular plural
direct کیس (kes) کیس (kes)
oblique کیس (kes) کیساں (kesāṉ)
vocative کیسا (kesā) کیسو (keso)
ablative کیسوں (kesoṉ) کیساں (kesāṉ)
locative کیسے (kese) کیسِیں (kesīṉ)
instrumental کیسوں (kesoṉ)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کیس”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਕੇਸ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kḗśa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 180