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ka -- 1 interrogative pron. st.: ká -- 2, katamá -- , katará -- , káti, kárhi, *kiyatta -- , kíyant -- , kīdŕ̊k, kīdr̥śa -- , kútaḥ, kúha, kvà, *civant -- .

2574 2, nom. sg. m. káḥ, f. kāˊ, n. kím q.v., gen. sg. m.n. kásya, inst. kḗna. In nom. m.f. largely replaced by kaḥ punar and kō'paraḥ.
Pa. Pk. m., f., gen. kassa, kissa with i from kim; Gy. pal. ʻ what? ʼ, arm. ke, eur. rum. kay ʻ where? ʼ (hung. ko < kon see kaḥ punar); Ash. ċēi < ki -- NTS xiii 233, obl. , Kt. Wg. kĭ̄; Dm. acc. kā̆s; Paš. ; Kho. ka, obl. kos; Sv. kas; Mai. ky. kã̄, inst. kē̃; Woṭ. kã̄, obl. kas, inst. ; Phal. , gen. kasīˊ; Sh. , f. ; K. kus, ko in kozana ʻ who knows? ʼ; S. ko, f. ; P. ko ʻ someone ʼ; WPah. obl. bhad. kas, bhal. kis; Ku. ko; N. ko, obl. kas; B. Or. ke; OAw. lakh. ko; H. obl. kis; OG. inst. kīṇaiṁ, G. ko ʻ anyone ʼ; M. obl. kaśā < OM. kāsayā ( -- added from nominal declension LM 209); Si. kavda, obl. ;<-> < kata -- má -- (q.v.): Tir. kāmu, Tor. kām, Mai. kã̄, K. kash. kō̃, obl. kas, rām. pog. ḍoḍ. kam, obl. kas.
kaḥ punar, káścid, kím, kṓ jānāti, kō'paraḥ, kō'pi.
ka -- 3 pejorative prefix. [Cf. kā -- , ku -- , kad -- , kím]
*kadaṇḍa -- , *kadugdha -- , *karkṣī -- , *kastambha -- , kāgni -- , *kāṅga -- , *kāṅgārikā -- , *kāpaṇa -- , *kaiḍikā -- , kōṣma -- .
Addenda: ká -- 2. 1. WPah.kc. ka ʻ what? why? any ʼ, kṭg. ke, J. ; Garh. ko ʻ who? ʼ; -- Pk. gen. kissa: OA. kisa, kiha, A. kiya ʻ why? ʼ AFD 224.
2. kásmāt Add. 14374.

2575 kaḥ punar ʻ who? ʼ [ká -- 2, púnar]
Pa. kō pana, inst. kēna p°, Ap. kavaṇa, Gy. pal. kōn, eur. kon, ko, L. kōṇ, P. kauṇ, WPah. bhad. kauṇ, bhal. kaṇū, N. kun, A. B. kon; Or. kaṇa ʻ what? ʼ. dial. kun ʻ which, what? ʼ; Mth. kon, OAw. kavana, H. kaun, OMarw. kõṇa, kuṇa; OG. kavaṇa, kūṇa whence inst. kuṇaïṁ, G. kɔṇ, OM. kavaṇa, M. koṇ, Ko. koṇu.
Addenda: kaḥ punar: WPah.kṭg. kv̄ṇ ʻ who ʼ, poet. kɔ̈̄ṇ (obl. kɔs); Md. kon ʻ which? ʼ.

kaṁsá 2576 kaṁsá1 m. ʻ metal cup ʼ AV., m.n. ʻ bell -- metal ʼ Pat. as in S., but would in Pa. Pk. and most NIA. lggs. collide with kāˊṁsya -- to which L. P. testify and under which the remaining forms for the metal are listed. 2. *kaṁsikā -- .
1. Pa. kaṁsa -- m. ʻ bronze dish ʼ; S. kañjho m. ʻ bellmetal ʼ; A. kã̄h ʻ gong ʼ; Or. kãsā ʻ big pot of bell -- metal ʼ; OMarw. kāso (= kã̄ -- ?) m. ʻ bell -- metal tray for food, food ʼ; G. kã̄sā m. pl. ʻ cymbals ʼ; -- perh. Woṭ. kasṓṭ m. ʻ metal pot ʼ Buddruss Woṭ 109.
2. Pk. kaṁsiā -- f. ʻ a kind of musical instrument ʼ; K. k&ebrevdotdot;nzü f. ʻ clay or copper pot ʼ; A. kã̄hi ʻ bell -- metal dish ʼ; G. kã̄śī f. ʻ bell -- metal cymbal ʼ, kã̄śiyɔ m. ʻ open bellmetal pan ʼ.
kāˊṁsya -- ; -- *kaṁsāvatī -- ?
Addenda: kaṁsá -- 1: A. kã̄h also ʻ gong ʼ or < kāˊṁsya -- .

kaṁsa 2577 kaṁsa2 m. ʻ name of a king of Mathurā ʼ MBh.
Pk. kaṁsa -- m.; MB. kã̄śa also name of a Hindu prince between 1450 and 1500 written in Pers. histories as k'ns S. K. Chatterji BSOS viii 461.

kaṁsāra 2578 *kaṁsāra ʻ sweetmeat ʼ.
Pk. kaṁsāra -- , kas° m., kās° n. ʻ a kind of sweet ʼ, S. kasāru m.; P. kasār m. ʻ a sweet of flour, sugar, ghee and spices given at parturition ʼ; N. kasār ʻ sweet of sugar and powdered fried rice given at marriage and investiture ceremonies ʼ; B. H. kasār m. ʻ a kind of sweet ʼ; G. kãsār, kans°, kas° m. ʻ a sweet of wheat flour and molasses ʼ.

kaṁsāvatī 2579 *kaṁsāvatī ʻ name of a river ʼ. [kaṁsá -- 1?]
B. kã̄sāi ʻ name of a river in WBengal by Midnapore ʼ; Or. kã̄sāi ʻ name of a river in Bāleśvara district (= Kaṁsābatī) ʼ.
*kaṁsikā -- ʻ small cup ʼ see kaṁsá -- 1.
kakāṭikā -- see kŕ̊kāṭa -- .

kakúd 2580 kakúd f. ʻ peak ʼ RV., ʻ bull's hump ʼ AV.
Pa. kaku -- m. ʻ peak, projecting corner ʼ; Kt. ʻ cow's hump ʼ, kuaṭi, Dm. koṭ (cf. *kakudiṣṭha -- ? -- NTS xii 174 < *kōpa -- ?). -- Ext. with -- ḍa -- : Pk. kaüḍa -- n. ʻ bull's hump ʼ.
kákuda -- , kākúd -- , *kakudha -- , *kakudiṣṭha -- ; <-> kakubhá -- .

kákuda 2581 kákuda m.n. ʻ peak ʼ AV., ʻ chief ʼ ŚBr., ʻ bull's hump ʼ MBh. [kakúd -- ]
Pk. kaüa -- adj. ʻ chief ʼ. -- X kakubhá -- see *kakudha -- .

kakudiṣṭha 2582 *kakudiṣṭha ʻ on the hump ʼ. [For formation cf. *kākutstha -- : loc. sg. kakúd -- , stha -- ]
Kal. rumb. kōiṣṭ ʻ hump ʼ.

kakudha 2583 *kakudha ʻ hump ʼ. 2. ʻ The tree Terminalia arjuna ʼ. [kákuda -- X kakubhá -- ]
1. Pa. kakudha -- m. ʻ bull's hump, cock's comb ʼ; Pk. kakudha -- , °uha -- , kaüha -- m.n. ʻ bull's hump, peak of mountain ʼ; S. kūho m. ʻ bullock's hump ʼ; H. kauhā m. piece of wood supporting ridgepole; Si. kiyāva ʻ bullock's hump ʼ. -- Ext. with l: M. kohḷẽ, °hāḷẽ, °hoḷẽ n. ʻ bullock's hump ʼ; -- with obscure elements: S. kūhaṭu; L. kohāṭ m. (?) f., kohã̄ḍ f. ʻ camel's hump ʼ, P. kuhān.
2. Pa. kakudha -- m. ʻ Terminalia arjuna ʼ, H. kauh m.

kakubhá 2584 kakubhá ʻ lofty ʼ VS., kakuhá -- RV. 2. m. ʻ the tree Terminalia arjuna ʼ MBh. [Cf. kakúbh -- f. ʻ peak ʼ RV. and *kakudha -- with similar meanings]
1. Pk. kakubha -- m. ʻ peak, hump ʼ.
2. Si. kum̆buk ʻ the tree Terminalia glabra ʼ; -- forms with -- h -- in Pk. S. L. P. H. M. Si. alternatively < *kakudha -- .

kakkaṭá 2585 kakkaṭá1 m. ʻ a kind of animal (offered at sacrifice to the goddess Anumati) ʼ VS., katkaṭá -- TS.
Pa. kakkaṭa -- m. ʻ a large deer (= mahāmiga -- ) ʼ; L. (Hazara district) kakuṛ ʻ barking -- deer ʼ; P. kakkaṛ m. ʻ a deer -- like animal ʼ, (Nabha) kakaṛ ʻ barking -- deer ʼ; Garh. kākhaṛ ʻ a small deer ʼ; Ku. kākaṛ ʻ barking -- deer ʼ, N. kākar, H. (Imperial Gazetteer 1907 i 235) kākar ʻ Cervulus muntjac or barking -- deer ʼ. -- Deriv. P. kakrail m. ʻ the skin of a kakkaṛ ʼ.
*kakkaṭa -- 2 ʻ hard ʼ see kakkhaṭa -- .
Addenda: kakkaṭa -- 1: WPah.kṭg. kakkər m. ʻ kind of deer ʼ, J. kākkaṛ m. ʻ barking deer ʼ.

kakkōla 2586 kakkōla m. ʻ a species of plant with a berry the inner part of which is waxy and aromatic ʼ R., n. ʻ its perfume ʼ, °aka -- n. Suśr., °likā -- f. ʻ a plant ʼ lex. 2. takkōla -- m. ʻ Pimenta acris ʼ R. [Cf. kākōli -- f. ʻ a medicinal plant ʼ Suśr., °lī -- Car., kōlaka -- n. ʻ a kind of perfume ʼ Bhpr.; karkōṭa -- cf. esp. G. kãkoṛũ ʻ Myrtus pimenta ʼ.]
1. Pa. kakkōla -- n. ʻ Bdellium, perfume made from the berries of the kakkola -- plant ʼ; Pk. kakkōla -- , kaṁk° m. ʻ a partic. plant ʼ; S. kakora f. ʻ a root from the Thar used in medicine ʼ; A. kakkol ʻ an aromatic berry ʼ; G. kãkol n. ʻ China cubebs ʼ (< -- olla -- ).
2. Pa. takkōla -- n. = kakkōla -- ; Si. takula ʻ a plant with a nut from which a perfume is prepared; the nut of the annual hairy plant Hibiscus abelmoschus ʼ.

2587 kakkhaṭa -- , kha° ʻ hard, solid ʼ lex. 2. *kakkhāṭa -- . 3. kakkaṭa -- 2. [Cf. karkara -- 1, karkaśa -- 1, khara -- 2, *khasa -- 2]
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