कोष्ठ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কোষ্ঠ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᭀᬱ᭄ᬞ (Balinese script)
• কোষ্ঠ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰺𑰬𑰿𑰙 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑁄𑀱𑁆𑀞 (Brahmi script)
• ကောၑ္ဌ (Burmese script)
• કોષ્ઠ (Gujarati script)
• ਕੋਸ਼੍ਠ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍋𑌷𑍍𑌠 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦺꦴꦰ꧀ꦜ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂷𑂭𑂹𑂘 (Kaithi script)
• ಕೋಷ್ಠ (Kannada script)
• កោឞ្ឋ (Khmer script)
• ໂກຩ຺ຐ (Lao script)
• കോഷ്ഠ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠣᢢᡱᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘻𑘬𑘿𑘙 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠣᠸᠠᢔᢍᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧜𑧌𑧠𑦹 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑑀𑐲𑑂𑐛 (Newa script)
• କୋଷ୍ଠ (Odia script)
• ꢒꣂꢰ꣄ꢝ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆾𑆰𑇀𑆜 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖺𑖬𑖿𑖙 (Siddham script)
• කොෂ‍්ඨ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩕𑪀 𑪙𑩧 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚴𑚶𑚕 (Takri script)
• கோஷ்ட² (Tamil script)
• కోష్ఠ (Telugu script)
• โกษฺฐ (Thai script)
• ཀོ་ཥྛ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒼𑒭𑓂𑒚 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨆𑨯𑩇𑨕 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kus-t(ʰ)-ōd-, a derivative of *(s)kewH- (“to hide, cover”), see also Ancient Greek κεύθω (keúthō, “I cover”), Proto-Germanic *hūdijaną (“to conceal”), and perhaps *huzdą (“hidden treasure”). However, compare Proto-Slavic *kyšьka (“intestines”), which could be from a different root.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐwʂ.ʈʰɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːʂ.ʈʰɐ/

Noun

कोष्ठ • (koṣṭha) stem, m

1. entrails, stomach, abdomen
2. storeroom, granary, treasury
3. an apartment

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कोष्ठ (koṣṭha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कोष्ठः koṣṭhaḥ	कोष्ठौ / कोष्ठा¹ koṣṭhau / koṣṭhā¹	कोष्ठाः / कोष्ठासः¹ koṣṭhāḥ / koṣṭhāsaḥ¹
Vocative	कोष्ठ koṣṭha	कोष्ठौ / कोष्ठा¹ koṣṭhau / koṣṭhā¹	कोष्ठाः / कोष्ठासः¹ koṣṭhāḥ / koṣṭhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कोष्ठम् koṣṭham	कोष्ठौ / कोष्ठा¹ koṣṭhau / koṣṭhā¹	कोष्ठान् koṣṭhān
Instrumental	कोष्ठेन koṣṭhena	कोष्ठाभ्याम् koṣṭhābhyām	कोष्ठैः / कोष्ठेभिः¹ koṣṭhaiḥ / koṣṭhebhiḥ¹
Dative	कोष्ठाय koṣṭhāya	कोष्ठाभ्याम् koṣṭhābhyām	कोष्ठेभ्यः koṣṭhebhyaḥ
Ablative	कोष्ठात् koṣṭhāt	कोष्ठाभ्याम् koṣṭhābhyām	कोष्ठेभ्यः koṣṭhebhyaḥ
Genitive	कोष्ठस्य koṣṭhasya	कोष्ठयोः koṣṭhayoḥ	कोष्ठानाम् koṣṭhānām
Locative	कोष्ठे koṣṭhe	कोष्ठयोः koṣṭhayoḥ	कोष्ठेषु koṣṭheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: کوٹھ (kōṭha, “granary”), کٹھ (kuṭhụ, “room”)
  • Shina: کوت (kōti, “wooden vessel for mixing yeast”)
    • ⇒ Savi: [script needed] (dāntar-kuṭha, “fireplace”)
• Prakrit: 𑀓𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞 (kŏṭṭha)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞 (koṭṭha)
      • Gujarati: કોઠૌ (koṭhau), કોઠી (koṭhī)
      • Hindustani:

        Hindi: कोठा (koṭhā), कोठी (koṭhī)

        Urdu: کوٹھَا (koṭhā), کوٹھِی (koṭhī)

  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: কোঠা (kütha), কোঁঠা (kü̃tha)
      • Bengali: কোঠা (kōṭha), কুঠী (kuṭhi)
      • Bihari: कोठी (koṭhī)
        • Maithili: कोठी (kōṭhī)
      • Odia: କୋଠା (koṭhā), କୋଠୀ (koṭhi)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Kumaoni: कोठो (koṭho)
      • Garhwali: कोठु (koṭhu, “house surrounded by a wall”)
      • Nepali: कोठा (koṭhā), कोठो (koṭho), कोठि (koṭhi)
  • Southern:
    • Elu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ކޮޑި (koḍi, “frame”), ކޮށި (koṣi, “cage”)
      • Sinhalese: කොට (koṭa), කොටු (koṭu), කොටුව (koṭuwa)
    • Maharashtri Prakrit:
      • Marathi: कोठा (koṭhā), कोठी (koṭhī)
  • Western:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Marwari: koṭho (“room”)

        Devanagari script: कोठो (koṭho)

        unspecified script: کوٹھو

      • Punjabi: koṭṭhā

        Gurmukhi script: ਕੋੱਠਾ

        Shahmukhi script: کوٹّھَا

      • Sindhi: koṭho

        Arabic script: ڪوٿو

        Devanagari script: कोथो

• Prakrit: *𑀓𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀟 (*kŏṭṭhaḍa)
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Odia: କୋଠରି (koṭhari)
  • Central:
    • Shauraseni Prakrit:
      • Hindustani: koṭhrī (“room, granary”)

        Hindi: कोठरी

        Urdu: کوٹھرِی

  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Kumaoni: कोठेरी (koṭheṛī, “small room”)
  • Southern:
    • Maharashtri Prakrit:
      • Marathi: कोठडी (koṭhḍī, “room”)
  • Western:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Punjabi: koṭhṛī (“room”)

        Gurmukhi script: ਕੋਠ੍ਰੀ (koṭhrī)

        Shahmukhi script: کوٹھرِی (koṭhrī)

  • → Tamil: கோட்டம் (kōṭṭam)
• Prakrit: *𑀓𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀭 (*kŏṭṭhara)
  • Central:
    • Shauraseni Prakrit:
      • Hindustani: kuṭhārī

        Hindi: कुठारी

        Urdu: کُٹھَارِی

  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: কুঠ্ৰী (kuthri, “chamber”)
      • Bengali: কুঠ্রী (kuṭhri)
      • Odia: କୋଠରି (koṭhari)
  • Southern:
    • Elu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ކޮޓަރި (koṭari, “room”)
  • Western:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Old Punjabi: ਕੋਠਾਰੀ (koṭhārī, “crucible”)
        • Punjabi: kuṭhālī

          Gurmukhi script: ਕੁਠਾਲੀ (kuṭhālī)

          Shahmukhi script: کُٹھَالِی (kuṭhālī)

• Prakrit: *𑀓𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*kŏṭṭhalla)
  • Central:
    • Shauraseni Prakrit:
      • Gujarati: કોઠલૌ (koṭhlau, “wooden box”)
      • Hindustani: koṭhlā (“room, granary”)

        Hindi: कोठला

        Urdu: کوٹھلَا

  • Dardic:
    • Shina: کوتل (kotul, “wattle and mud erection for storing grain”)

References

• “कोष्ठ” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 253.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kostha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 184