कू

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kuː/

Postposition

कू • (kū)

1. (Hyderabad) Alternative form of को (ko)

   आप ख़रीदे सो घर मेरे कू पसंद है।

   āp xarīde so ghar mere kū pasand hai.

   I like the house that you bought.

   (literally, “The house that you bought is liked to me.”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কূ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬹ (Balinese script)
• কূ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰳 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀽 (Brahmi script)
• ကူ (Burmese script)
• કૂ (Gujarati script)
• ਕੂ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍂 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦹ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂴 (Kaithi script)
• ಕೂ (Kannada script)
• កូ (Khmer script)
• ກູ (Lao script)
• കൂ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᡠᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘴 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠤᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧕 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐹 (Newa script)
• କୂ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢹ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆷 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖳 (Siddham script)
• කූ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩒𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚱 (Takri script)
• கூ (Tamil script)
• కూ (Telugu script)
• กู (Thai script)
• ཀཱུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒴 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨃𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kuː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kuː/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kew-. Cognate with Lithuanian kaukti, and possibly English howl and Ancient Greek κωκῡ́ω (kōkū́ō, “shriek, wail”).

Root

कू • (kū)

1. to sound, cry, hum

Derived terms

Primary Verbal Forms

• कौति (kauti, Present)
• कवीति (kavīti, Present)
• कवते (kavate, Present)
• कूनाति (kūnāti, Present)

Secondary Forms

• कोकूयते (kokūyate, Intensive)
• कोकवीति (kokavīti, Intensive)
• चोकूयते (cokūyate, Intensive)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-. Compare Latin caveō.

Alternative forms

• कु (ku)

Root

कू • (kū)

1. to design

Derived terms

• आकूत (ākūta)
• आकूति (ākūti)
• कव (kava)
• कवि (kavi)
• काव्य (kāvya)
• कुवते (kuvate)

 

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ku, *kū, formed from *kʷ-. See कु (ku) for more.

Adverb

कू • (kū́)

1. where?

   Synonym: क्व (kvá)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कू”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page {{{1}}}.