As a Hindi name
कुश · noun · masculine
[स्त्री॰ कुशा, कुशी] · काँस की तरह की एक पवित्र और प्रसिद्ध घास । डाभ । दर्भ · जल । पानी — Śabdasāgara
कुश · adj
कुत्सित । नीच · उन्मत्त । पागल — Śabdasāgara
कुश · kuśa · s.m.
A sort of sacrificial grass, Poa cynosuroides — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 835
कुश · masculine
Kusha, one of the twin sons of Shri Rāma and Sita, the brother of Lava
कुश · masculine
Kusha grass, a grass considered sacred in Hinduism and used in rituals; a wick
Cited formation "कुश" is कु- + श: श means "the thirtieth consonant in Hindi", and the prefix कु- forms bad, evil. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(20) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi कुश — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit कुश (kuśa).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
kuśa as, m. grass, ŚBr.; ŚāṅkhŚr.; KātyŚr.; ĀśvGṛ.
(the Brāhmaṇas commonly call it darbha)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the sacred grass used at certain religious ceremonies (Poa cynosuroides, a grass with long pointed stalks), &c.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kuśa" is the vocative of "kuśā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "kuśa" is derived from "ku" with the śas suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
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!)’
kuśa as, m. grass, ŚBr.; ŚāṅkhŚr.; KātyŚr.; ĀśvGṛ.
(the Brāhmaṇas commonly call it darbha)
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Dictionary citations
kuśa as, m. grass, ŚBr.; ŚāṅkhŚr.; KātyŚr.; ĀśvGṛ.
(the Brāhmaṇas commonly call it darbha)
the sacred grass used at certain religious ceremonies (Poa cynosuroides, a grass with long pointed stalks), Mn.; Yājñ.; MBh. &c.
a rope (made of Kuśa grass) used for connecting the yoke of a plough with the pole, L.
N. of a son of Vasu Uparicara, Hariv. 1806
kuśā (ā), f. (Pāṇ. viii, 3, 46) a small pin or piece of wood (used as a mark in recitation), Lāṭy. ii, 6, 1 and 4
a cord (cf. kaśā), L.
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!)’
Alternative readings
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