# कक्ष
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कक्ष (kakṣa, “private chamber, secluded forest”).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /kəkʂ/, [kɐkʃ]

### Noun

कक्ष • (kakṣ) m (Urdu spelling ککش)
* room, chamber (a part of a building enclosed by walls, a floor, and a ceiling)
    Synonyms: कमरा (kamrā), रूम (rūm)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “कक्ष”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
* Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet‎

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* কক্ষ (Assamese script)
* ᬓᬓ᭄ᬱ (Balinese script)
* কক্ষ (Bengali script)
* 𑰎𑰎𑰿𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀓𑀓𑁆𑀱 (Brahmi script)
* ကက္ၑ (Burmese script)
* કક્ષ (Gujarati script)
* ਕਕ੍ਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌕𑌕𑍍𑌷 (Grantha script)
* ꦏꦏ꧀ꦰ (Javanese script)
* 𑂍𑂍𑂹𑂭 (Kaithi script)
* ಕಕ್ಷ (Kannada script)
* កក្ឞ (Khmer script)
* ກກ຺ຩ (Lao script)
* കക്ഷ (Malayalam script)
* ᡬᠠᡬᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘎𑘎𑘿𑘬 (Modi script)
* ᢉᠠᢉᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦮𑦮𑧠𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐎𑐎𑑂𑐲 (Newa script)
* କକ୍ଷ (Odia script)
* ꢒꢒ꣄ꢰ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆑𑆑𑇀𑆰 (Sharada script)
* 𑖎𑖎𑖿𑖬 (Siddham script)
* කක්‍ෂ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩜𑩜 𑪙𑪀 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚊𑚊𑚶 (Takri script)
* கக்ஷ (Tamil script)
* కక్ష (Telugu script)
* กกฺษ (Thai script)
* ཀ་ཀྵ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒏𑒏𑓂𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨋𑨋𑩇𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *káćšas (“armpit”), from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-o-s, from *koḱs- (“joint, corner”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬱𐬀 (kaša), Latin coxa (“hip”), Old High German hahsa (“hollow of the knee”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kɐ́k.ʂɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈkɐk.ʂɐ/

#### Noun

कक्ष • (kákṣa) stem, m or f
* armpit, region of the girth
* a girdle, zone, belt, girth
* groin, waist region
* the end of the lower garment (which, after the cloth is carried round the body, is brought up behind and tucked into the waistband)
* hem, border, lace
* the scale of a balance
* side or flank
* sin
* a gate
* a buffalo

##### Descendants

* Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀓𑀓𑁆𑀔 (kakkha), 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙 (kaccha)
* Dardic:
** Gawar-Bati: [script needed] (kaċyāl)
** Kalami: [script needed] (kac̣āl)
** Kashmiri: کَژھ (kaċh)
** Khowar: [script needed] (kuṣkomul)
** Northeast Pashayi: [script needed] (kaċal), [script needed] (xac̣em, “my armpit”)
** Northwest Pashayi: [script needed] (kačalīn)
** Savi: [script needed] (kačal)
** Shumashti: [script needed] (xaċī)
** Southeast Pashayi: [script needed] (kačī)
** Torwali: [script needed] (kaṣāl)
* Helu Prakrit:
** Dhivehi: ކަކ (kak)
** Sinhalese: කැස (kæsa)
* Khasa Prakrit:
** Nepali: काख (kākh, “lap”)
* Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀓𑀓𑁆𑀔 (kakkha), 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙 (kaccha)
** Assamese: কাষ (kax), কাখ (kakh)
** Bengali: কাছ (kach)
** Bihari:
    Bhojpuri: कांख (kāṅkh)
    Maithili: कांख (kāṅkh)
    Magahi: 𑂍𑂰𑂀𑂎 (kã̄kh)
** Odia: କାଖ (kākha)
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑀓𑁆𑀔 (kakkha), 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙 (kaccha)
** Marathi: कास (kās)
* Paisaci Prakrit:
** Punjabi:
*** Gurmukhi script: ਕੱਛ (kaccha)
*** Shahmukhi script: کَچّھ (kacch)
** Sindhi:
*** Arabic script: کَچھ (kach)
*** Devanagari script: कछ (kach)
* Pali: kaccha
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑀓𑁆𑀔 (kakkha), 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙 (kaccha)
** Gujarati: કાખ (kākh)
** Hindustani:
    Hindi: कांख (kāṅkh)
    Urdu: کانکھ (kā̃kh)
** Kumaoni: काख (kākh, “lap”)
** Romani: kakh

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ-so-, from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- (“to seize, enclose”). Cognate with Latin cohum (“pole-to-yoke strap”), English haw, English hedge, German Hecke (“hedge”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kɐ́k.ʂɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈkɐk.ʂɐ/

#### Noun

कक्ष • (kákṣa) stem, m
* a hiding or lurking place
* a wood, large wood
* a forest of dead trees, a dry wood, underwood (often the lair of beasts)
* an inner recess, the interior of a forest
* grass, dry grass
* a spreading creeper, climbing plant
* a room or apartment or other segregated space

##### Descendants

* → Hindi: कक्ष (kakṣ) (learned)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “कक्ष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 241/3.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “कक्ष”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* 1 2 Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 288