केश

Sanskrit

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Definitions

hair (of the head)
the mane (of a horse or lion)
a kind of perfume

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *káyśas inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káyćas, gáyćas.

Origin

Proto-Indo-Iranian

*káyćas, gáyćas

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

अकेश Sanskrit
केश Hindi
کلاه‌گیس Persian
گیس Persian
գէս Old Armenian
գիսակ Old Armenian
ကေ Burmese
ကေသ Burmese
ကေသာ Burmese
kesa Pali
kesadhātu Pali
*káyćas, *gáyćas Proto-Indo-Iranian
*káyćas, gáyćas Proto-Indo-Iranian
केस Marathi
*káyśas Proto-Indo-Aryan
केस Konkani

अकेश