कु
Khaling
Noun
कु (ku)
Derived terms
- कुमेल
- कुवा
- कुसा़म
- कु़ला़
- मा़मकु
- योकु
- सर्कु
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কু (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬸ (Balinese script)
- কু (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ကု (Burmese script)
- કુ (Gujarati script)
- ਕੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಕು (Kannada script)
- កុ (Khmer script)
- ກຸ (Lao script)
- കു (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐸 (Newa script)
- କୁ (Odia script)
- ꢒꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖲 (Siddham script)
- කු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚰 (Takri script)
- கு (Tamil script)
- కు (Telugu script)
- กุ (Thai script)
- ཀུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ku/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ku/
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kú. Compare Avestan 𐬐𐬏 (kū), Albanian ku (“where?”), and Latin ubi. Related to किम् (kím, “what?”).
Monier-Williams theorizes that this was originally an interjectional interrogative word signifying "how (strange)!", which described an oddity or deficiency in something. See the prefix कु- (ku-) for more.
Pronoun
कु • (ku)
- a pronominal base for interrogatives
Derived terms
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
कु • (ku) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | कुः (kuḥ) | कू (kū) | कवः (kavaḥ) |
| accusative | कुम् (kum) | कू (kū) | कूः (kūḥ) |
| instrumental | क्वा (kvā) | कुभ्याम् (kubhyām) | कुभिः (kubhiḥ) |
| dative | कवे (kave) क्वै¹ (kvai¹) |
कुभ्याम् (kubhyām) | कुभ्यः (kubhyaḥ) |
| ablative | कोः (koḥ) क्वाः¹ (kvāḥ¹) |
कुभ्याम् (kubhyām) | कुभ्यः (kubhyaḥ) |
| genitive | कोः (koḥ) क्वाः¹ (kvāḥ¹) |
क्वोः (kvoḥ) | कूनाम् (kūnām) |
| locative | कौ (kau) क्वाम्¹ (kvām¹) |
क्वोः (kvoḥ) | कुषु (kuṣu) |
| vocative | को (ko) | कू (kū) | कवः (kavaḥ) |
- ¹Later Sanskrit
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Root
कु • (ku)
- alternative form of कू (kū, “to design”)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “कु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 290, column 2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “kú-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 359
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025), “ku”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.