काष्ठ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬓᬵᬱ᭄ᬞ (Balinese script)
  • কাষ্ঠ (Assamese script)
  • কাষ্ঠ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰎𑰯𑰬𑰿𑰙 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀓𑀸𑀱𑁆𑀞 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌕𑌾𑌷𑍍𑌠 (Grantha script)
  • કાષ્ઠ (Gujarati script)
  • ਕਾਸ਼ੑਠ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦏꦴꦰ꧀ꦜ (Javanese script)
  • កាឞ្ឋ (Khmer script)
  • ಕಾಷ್ಠ (Kannada script)
  • ກາຩ຺ຐ (Lao script)
  • കാഷ്ഠ (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘎𑘰𑘬𑘿𑘙 (Modi script)
  • ᢉᠠᢗᢔᢍᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • ᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢢᡱᠠ (Manchu script)
  • ကာၑ္ဌ (Burmese script)
  • 𑦮𑧑𑧌𑧠𑦹 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐎𑐵𑐲𑑂𑐛 (Newa script)
  • କାଷ୍ଠ (Odia script)
  • ꢒꢵꢰ꣄ꢝ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆑𑆳𑆰𑇀𑆜 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖎𑖯𑖬𑖿𑖙 (Siddham script)
  • කාෂ‍්ඨ (Sinhalese script)
  • காஷ்ட² (Tamil script)
  • కాష్ఠ (Telugu script)
  • กาษฺฐ (Thai script)
  • ཀཱ་ཥྛ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒏𑒰𑒭𑓂𑒚 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Of uncertain origin.

Hiersche derives the word from an unattested *कर्ष्ट (karṣṭa) / *कृष्ट (kṛṣṭa), with the sequence of sound changes being *कर्ष्ट (karṣṭa) > कट्ठ (kaṭṭha) > *काठ (kāṭha) > (via hyper-Sanskritism) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). He further derives this from Proto-Indo-European *kers- (“to cut off”), an enlargement of *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

Alternatively, possibly cognate with Ancient Greek κάστον (káston, “wood”).

Noun

काष्ठ • (kāṣṭha) stem, n

  1. wood, timber

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants
  • Pali: kattha
  • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: कट्ठ (kaṭṭha)
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Hindi: कठ (kaṭh)
  • Old Marathi: काडा (kāḍā)
    • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Punjabi: ਕਾਠ (kāṭh)
  • Romani: kaśt
  • Telugu: కాష్ఠము (kāṣṭhamu)
  • Malayalam: കാഷ്ഠം (kāṣṭhaṁ)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899), “काष्ठ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 281/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 345-6
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 205
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