काशी
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit काशी (kāśī).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /kɑː.ʃiː/, [käː.ʃiː]
Proper noun
काशी • (kāśī) f (Urdu spelling کاشی)
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit काशी (kāśī). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘎𑘰𑘫𑘲 (kāśī).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ɕi/, [ka.ɕiː]
Proper noun
काशी • (kāśī) f
- Kashi (a city in Uttar Pradesh, India), having a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in Hinduism
- Synonym: वाराणसी (vārāṇsī)
- a female given name from Sanskrit
- काशीबाई ― kāśībāī ― Kashibai
Declension
| Declension of काशी (fem ī-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
काशी kāśī | ||
| direct plural |
काश्या kāśyā | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
काशी kāśī |
काश्या kāśyā | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
काशी kāśī |
काश्यां- kāśyān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
काशीला kāśīlā |
काश्यांना kāśyānnā | |
| ergative | काशीने, काशीनं kāśīne, kāśīna |
काश्यांनी kāśyānnī | |
| instrumental | काशीशी kāśīśī |
काश्यांशी kāśyānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
काशीत kāśīt |
काश्यांत kāśyāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
काशी kāśī |
काश्यांनो kāśyānno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of काशी (fem ī-stem) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म |
feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म |
neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म |
oblique सामान्यरूप | |||||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular* एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
काशीचा kāśīċā |
काशीचे kāśīċe |
काशीची kāśīcī |
काशीच्या kāśīcā |
काशीचे, काशीचं kāśīċe, kāśīċa |
काशीची kāśīcī |
काशीच्या kāśīcā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
काश्यांचा kāśyānċā |
काश्यांचे kāśyānċe |
काश्यांची kāśyāñcī |
काश्यांच्या kāśyāncā |
काश्यांचे, काश्यांचं kāśyānċe, kāśyānċa |
काश्यांची kāśyāñcī |
काश्यांच्या kāśyāñcā | |
| * Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition. | ||||||||
Derived terms
- काशीफळ (kāśīphaḷ, “pumpkin”)
References
- Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “काशी”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “काशी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কাশী (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬵᬰᬷ (Balinese script)
- কাশী (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰯𑰫𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀸𑀰𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- ကာၐီ (Burmese script)
- કાશી (Gujarati script)
- ਕਾਸ਼ੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌾𑌶𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦴꦯꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂰𑂬𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಕಾಶೀ (Kannada script)
- កាឝី (Khmer script)
- ກາຨີ (Lao script)
- കാശീ (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠ᠊ᠠᡧᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘰𑘫𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᢗᠱᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧑𑧋𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐵𑐱𑐷 (Newa script)
- କାଶୀ (Odia script)
- ꢒꢵꢯꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆳𑆯𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖯𑖫𑖱 (Siddham script)
- කාශී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩛𑩿𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚭𑚧𑚯 (Takri script)
- காஶீ (Tamil script)
- కాశీ (Telugu script)
- กาศี (Thai script)
- ཀཱ་ཤཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒰𑒬𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨊𑨮𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root काश् (kāś, “to shine”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /kɑː.ɕiː/
Proper noun
काशी • (kāśī) stem, f
- (historical) one of the Mahajanapadas, with Varanasi as it's capital city.
- Varanasi
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | काशी (kāśī) |
| accusative | काशीम् (kāśīm) |
| instrumental | काश्या (kāśyā) |
| dative | काश्यै (kāśyai) |
| ablative | काश्याः (kāśyāḥ) |
| genitive | काश्याः (kāśyāḥ) |
| locative | काश्याम् (kāśyām) |
| vocative | काशि (kāśi) |