पौष

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पौष (pauṣa)

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA(key): /pɔːʂ/, [pɔːʃ]

Noun

पौष • (pauṣm

  1. Pausha (tenth month of the Hindu lunar calendar)
    Synonym: पूस (pūs)

Declension

Declension of पौष (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct पौष
pauṣ
पौष
pauṣ
oblique पौष
pauṣ
पौषों
pauṣõ
vocative पौष
pauṣ
पौषो
pauṣo
lunar monthsedit

References

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पौष (pauṣa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʌu̯s]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: पौस्

Proper noun

पौष • (pauṣ)

  1. Pausha
    1. the ninth month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
    2. the tenth month in the lunar Hindu calendar
    Synonym: पुस (pus)

Further reading

  • पौष”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “पौष”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of पुष्य (puṣya, nourisher), from पुष् (puṣ, to nourish)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

पौष • (pauṣa) stemm

  1. Tenth month of the Hindu lunar calendar
lunar monthsedit

Descendants

  • Prakrit: 𑀧𑁄𑀲 (posa)
    • Gujarati: પોસ (pos)
    • Punjabi: poh
      Gurmukhi script: ਪੋਹ
      Shahmukhi script: پوہ
    • Sindhi: pohu
      Arabic script: پوهُ
      Devanagari script: पोहु
  • Hindi: पौष (pauṣ) (learned)
  • Nepali: पौष (pauṣ) (learned)