As a Hindi name
कु · noun
के पहले लगकर विशेषण का काम देता है । जिस शब्द के पहले यह लगाया जाता है, उसके अर्थ में 'निच', 'कुत्सित' आदिका भाव आ जाता है । जैसे— संग कुमंग । पुत्र, कुपुत्र । टेव, कुटेव आदि । पर जिन शब्दों के आदि में स्वर होता है उनमें लगने से पहले इसका रूप 'कदू' (कदू) हो जाता है । जैसे— कदन्न, कदाचार, कदुष्ण । हिंदी में यह नियम नहीं है, जैसे कुअन्न, कुअसर आदि शब्दों में । इसके रूप 'कव' का भी मिलते हैं । जैसे,— किंप्रभु — Śabdasāgara
कु · ku
= H ك क ka, = S کا का kā, A prefix implying uselessness, badness, deterioration, depreciation, defectiveness, &c. (e.g. ka-pūt, or ku-putr, 'a bad son'; kā-purush, 'a vile man; a coward') — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 797
कु · ku
A prefix implying depreciation, &c. (see ك ku) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 857
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a pronom. base appearing in kutas, kutra, kuvid, kuha, kva, and as a prefix implying deterioration, depreciation, deficiency, want, littleness, hindrance, reproach, contempt, guilt
Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "ku" is the vocative of "kū" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
1. ku a pronom. base appearing in kutas, kutra, kuvid, kuha, kva, and as a prefix implying deterioration, depreciation, deficiency, want, littleness, hindrance, reproach, contempt, guilt
originally perhaps ku signified ‘how (strange!)’
as a separate word ku occurs only in the lengthened form 3. kū, q.v.
2. ku f. the earth, Āryabh.; VarBṛS.; VarBṛ.; BhP. vi, 1, 42
the ground or base of a triangle or other plane figure, Comm. on Āryabh.
1. kū or ku cl. 2. P. kauti (Ved. kavīti, Pāṇ. vii, 3, 95), or cl. 1. Ā. kavate (Dhātup. xxii, 54), or cl. 6. kuvate (ib. xxviii, 108), or cl. 9. P. Ā. kūnāti or kunāti, kūnāte or kunāte (perf. 3. pl. cukuvur, Bhaṭṭ.), to sound, make any noise, cry out, moan, cry (as a bird), coo, hum (as a bee) &c., Bhaṭṭ. : cl. 1. kavate, to move, Naigh. ii, 14 : Intens. Ā. kokūyate (Nir.; Pāṇ.), P. Ā. kokavīti and cokūyate (Pāṇ. vii, 4, 63, Kāś.), to cry aloud, Bhaṭṭ.; [cf. Gk. κωκύω.]
2. kū ind. (= kva) where? RV. v, 74, 1.
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