गाश

Kashmiri

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit काश (kāśa, “visibility, appearance”), from the root काश् (kāś, “to shine, to be visible”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeḱ- (“to see, look”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡaːʃ]

Noun

गाश • (gāś) m (Perso-Arabic گاش, Sharada 𑆓𑆳𑆱)

  1. light, illumination, radiance, luminosity, lustre
    Synonyms: नूर (nūr), रोशनी (rōśanī), प्रकाश (prakāś)
    Antonyms: गॊट (goṭ), अनिगॊट (anigoṭ), गठॖकार (gaṭhụkār)
    • c. 14th century CE, Lalleshwari, “कलाम-ए-लल द्यद [The poetry of Lal Ded]”, in कलाम-ए-शेख़-उल-आलम [The poetry of Sheikh-ul-Alam]‎[1], page 268:
      गॏरॖय माता गॏरॖय पिता
      गॏरॖय अनि न्यत्रन गाश
      gọrụy mātā gọrụy pitā
      gọrụy ani nyatran gāś
      The guru is the mother and the guru is the father
      The guru alone brings light to the eyes.
    • 2020 November 24, Bhushan Kaul "Deep", “दऺपिथ कऻशुर तॖ कथ-बाथ [Spoken Kashmiri and conversation]”, in https://koshursabak.blogspot.com:
      [...] मगर लक़ब ओस आमुत दिनॖ ॳमिस भास्कर याने सिरयि युस गटि मंज़ॖ गाश अनान छु।
      [...] magar laqab ōs āmut dinụ ạmis bhāskar yāni sirayi yus gaṭi manz gāś anān chu.
      [...] but his title was "Bhaskar", the sun; who brings light to the darkness.
  2. daylight
    Antonym: राथ (rāth)
    • 1998, Somnath Zutshi, यियॆलि फॊल गाश-आफ़सानॖ सॊम्ब्रन [When the light shone-a collection of short stories]‎[2] (fiction), Jammu: Durga publications, page 43:
      लरि फिरॖन्य दिवान दिवान आस गाश। बिब ति वॅछ़ नॆन्द्रि।
      lari phirụn' divān divān ās gāś. bīb ti vạċh nendri.
      While tossing and turning on the bed, suddenly, daylight came. The wife also woke up.
  3. knowledge, brilliance
    • c. 14th century CE, Nund Rishi, कलाम-ए-शेख़-उल-आलम [The poetry of Sheikh-ul-Alam]‎[3], page 59:
      नफ़्सस पतॖ लगुन छुय ॲछ्य मन्ज़ सरुन
      गाशॖच वॊमेद बॅर्ज़िनॖ ज़ाह
      nafsas patụ lagun chuy ạch' manz sarun
      gāśục vọmēd bạrzinụ zāh
      To run after the [the knowledge of] self is like putting a blade of grass in one's eye
      Never, ever fill yourself with the hope of [the light of] knowledge
  4. literacy
  5. sight, eyesight; luminosity, clearness, brightness (of the eye)
    Synonym: ॲछन हुन्द गाश (ạchan hund gāś)

Derived terms

  • ज़ूनॖगाश (zūnụgāś, “moonlight”)
  • ॲछगाश (ạch-gāś, “apple of someone's eye”, literally “eye-light”)
  • गाशयुन (gāś-yun, “dawn breaking”, literally “light coming”)
  • गाश-फॊलुन (gāś-pholun, “rising of the sun, the coming of morning”, literally “light blossoming”)

References

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