# आकाश
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आकाश (ākāśa).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɑː.kɑːʃ/, [äː.käːʃ]

### Noun

आकाश • (ākāś) m (Urdu spelling آکاش)
* sky
    Synonyms: आसमान (āsmān), अम्बर (ambar), (less common) गगन (gagan)
    आकाश में बादल इकट्ठे हो रहे हैं।ākāś mẽ bādal ikaṭṭhe ho rahe ha͠i.Clouds are gathering in the sky.
    बरसात के बाद आकाश खुला था।barsāt ke bād ākāś khulā thā.The sky cleared after the rain.
* space, cosmos

#### Derived terms

* आकाश-कुसुम (ākāś-kusum, “an impossibility or fanciful thing”)
* आकाशगंगा (ākāśgaṅgā, “The Milky Way”)
* आकाश-वचन (ākāś-vacan, “speaking off the stage (to someone out of sight)”)

#### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आकाश”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “आकाश”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “आकाश”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House

## Konkani
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आकाश (ākāśa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɑːkɑːʃ]

### Noun

आकाश • (ākāś) m (Latin script akash, Kannada script ಆಕಾಶ್)
* sky
    Synonyms: मळब (maḷab), अंबर (ambar)

#### Declension
### References

* Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet‎

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आकाश (ākāśa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.kaɕ/

### Noun

आकाश • (ākāś) n or m
* sky
    Synonyms: आभाळ (ābhāḷ), गगन (gagan), अंबर (ambar), अस्मान (asmān), नभ (nabh)
* (Hinduism) one of the five elements

#### Declension
### Proper noun

आकाश • (ākāś) m
* a male given name, Akash, from Sanskrit

### References

* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “आकाश”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “आकाश”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

## Nepali
### Alternative forms

* अकास (akās), आकास (ākās), अकाश (akāś)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आकाश (ākāśa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [äkäs]
* Phonetic Devanagari: आकास्

### Noun

आकाश • (ākāś)
* sky
    Synonyms: अस्मान (asmān), गगन (gagan)
* air

### References

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

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* আকাশ (Assamese script)
* ᬆᬓᬵᬰ (Balinese script)
* আকাশ (Bengali script)
* 𑰁𑰎𑰯𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀆𑀓𑀸𑀰 (Brahmi script)
* အာကာၐ (Burmese script)
* આકાશ (Gujarati script)
* ਆਕਾਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌆𑌕𑌾𑌶 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦴꦏꦴꦯ (Javanese script)
* 𑂄𑂍𑂰𑂬 (Kaithi script)
* ಆಕಾಶ (Kannada script)
* អាកាឝ (Khmer script)
* ອາກາຨ (Lao script)
* ആകാശ (Malayalam script)
* ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘁𑘎𑘰𑘫 (Modi script)
* ᠠᢗᢉᠠᢗᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦡𑦮𑧑𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐁𑐎𑐵𑐱 (Newa script)
* ଆକାଶ (Odia script)
* ꢃꢒꢵꢯ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆄𑆑𑆳𑆯 (Sharada script)
* 𑖁𑖎𑖯𑖫 (Siddham script)
* ආකාශ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩛𑩜𑩛𑩿 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚁𑚊𑚭𑚧 (Takri script)
* ஆகாஶ (Tamil script)
* ఆకాశ (Telugu script)
* อากาศ (Thai script)
* ཨཱ་ཀཱ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒂𑒏𑒰𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨊𑨋𑨊𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Compound of आ (ā́, “towards”) +‎ काश (kāśa, “shining”), from the root काश् (kāś, “to shine”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɑ́ː.kɑː.ɕɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɑː.kɑː.ɕɐ/

### Noun

आकाश • (ā́kāśa) stem, m
* sky

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Derived terms

* आकाशधातु (ākāśadhātu)

#### Descendants

* Pali: ākāsa
* Prakrit: 𑀆𑀓𑀸𑀲 (ākāsa)
** → Kannada: ಆಗಸ (āgasa)
** → Telugu: ఆకసము (ākasamu)
* → Bengali: আকাশ (akaś)
* → English: akasa
* → Gujarati: આકાશ (ākāś)
* → Hindi: आकाश (ākāś)
* → Kachchi: આકાશ (ākāś)
* → Kannada: ಆಕಾಶ (ākāśa)
* → Lombo: ອາກາດ
* → Malay: angkasa
** Indonesian: angkasa
* → Malayalam: ആകാശം (ākāśaṁ)
* → Marathi: आकाश (ākāś)
* → Nepali: आकाश (ākāś)
* Pali: ākāsa
** → Burmese: အာကာသ (akasa.)
** → Khmer: អាកាស (ʼaakaah)
* Punjabi: ਆਕਾਸ਼ (ākāś) / آکاش (ākāś)
* → Sinhalese: අහස (ahasa)
* → Sinhalese: ආකාශය (ākāśaya)
* → Tamil: ஆகாசம் (ākācam)
* → Telugu: ఆకాశము (ākāśamu)
* → Thai: อากาศ (aa-gàat)
* → Tocharian B: akāśe
* → Urdu: آکاش (ākāś)

### References

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “akasa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 45