पौष

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पौष (pauṣa)

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɔːʂ/, [pɔːʃ]

Noun

पौष • (pauṣ) m

1. Pausha (tenth month of the Hindu lunar calendar)

   Synonym: पूस (pūs)

Declension

Declension of पौष (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पौष pauṣ	पौष pauṣ
oblique	पौष pauṣ	पौषों pauṣõ
vocative	पौष pauṣ	पौषो pauṣo

Related terms

• (lunar months) चैत्र (caitra), वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭh), आषाढ़ (āṣāṛh) / असाढ़ (asāṛh), श्रावण (śrāvaṇ), भाद्र (bhādra), आश्विन (āśvin), कार्तिक (kārtik), मार्गशीर्ष (mārgaśīrṣ) / अग्रहायण (agrahāyaṇ), पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फाल्गुन (phālgun) ^{(Category: hi:Hindu lunar calendar months)}

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पौष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 589, 600.

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पौष (pauṣa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʌu̯s]
• Phonetic Devanagari: पौस्

Proper noun

पौष • (pauṣ)

1. Pausha
   1. the ninth month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
   2. the tenth month in the lunar Hindu calendar

   Synonym: पुस (pus)

Related terms

• (lunar months) वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) / जेठ (jeṭh), आषाढ (āṣāḍh), साउन (sāuna), भदौ (bhadau) / भाद्र (bhādra), असोज (asoj) / आश्विन (āśvina), कात्तिक (kāttik) / कार्त्तिक (kārttik), मङ्सिर (maṅsira) / मार्ग (mārga), पुस (pus) / पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फागुन (phāguna) / फाल्गुन (phālguna), चैत (cait) / चैत्र (caitra) ^{(Category: ne:Hindu lunar calendar months)}

Further reading

• “पौष”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “पौष”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পৌষ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᭁᬱ (Balinese script)
• পৌষ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰻𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁅𑀱 (Brahmi script)
• ပေါ်ၑ (Burmese script)
• પૌષ (Gujarati script)
• ਪੌਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍌𑌷 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦻꦴꦰ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂸𑂭 (Kaithi script)
• ಪೌಷ (Kannada script)
• បៅឞ (Khmer script)
• ເປົາຩ (Lao script)
• പൗഷ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠣᠣᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘼𑘬 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠣᠧᠸᠠᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧝𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑁𑐲 (Newa script)
• ପୌଷ (Odia script)
• ꢦꣃꢰ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆿𑆰 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖻𑖬 (Siddham script)
• පෞෂ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩘𑪀 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚵 (Takri script)
• பௌஷ (Tamil script)
• పౌష (Telugu script)
• เปาษ (Thai script)
• པཽ་ཥ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒾𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨈𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of पुष्य (puṣya, “nourisher”), from पुष् (puṣ, “to nourish”)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɑːw.ʂɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑw.ʂɐ/

Proper noun

पौष • (pauṣa) stem, m

1. Tenth month of the Hindu lunar calendar

Related terms

(lunar months) चैत्र (caitra), वैशाख (vaiśākha), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha), आषाढ (āṣāḍha), श्रावण (śrāvaṇa), भाद्र (bhādra), अश्विन् (aśvin), कार्तिक (kārtika), मार्गशीर्ष (mārgaśīrṣa) / अग्रहायण (agrahāyaṇa), पौष (pauṣa), माघ (māgha), फाल्गुन (phālguna) ^{(Category: sa:Lunar months)}

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀧𑁄𑀲 (posa)
  • Gujarati: પોસ (pos)
  • Punjabi: poh

    Gurmukhi script: ਪੋਹ

    Shahmukhi script: پوہ

  • Sindhi: pohu

    Arabic script: پوهُ

    Devanagari script: पोहु

• → Hindi: पौष (pauṣ) (learned)
• → Nepali: पौष (pauṣ) (learned)