kesa

See also: kesä and kęsa

English

Etymology

From Japanese 袈裟 (けさ, kesa), from Middle Chinese 袈裟 (kˠa ʃˠa), from Sanskrit काषाय (kāṣāya).

Noun

kesa (plural kesas or kesa)

  1. A robe worn by Buddhist monks and nuns.

Anagrams

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kesä. Cognate with Finnish kesä, Veps keza, Võro kesä.

Noun

kesa (genitive kesa, partitive kesa)

  1. fallow

Inflection

Derived terms

Hawaiian

Noun

kesa

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter X.

Iban

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kəsaʔ]
  • Rhymes: -saʔ

Noun

kesa

  1. fire ant (Solenopsis spp. (tropical fire ants))

Japanese

Romanization

kesa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of けさ

Maltese

Root
k-s-j
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic كَسَا (kasā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.sa/

Verb

kesa (imperfect jiksi, past participle miksi, verbal noun kisi)

  1. to cover
    Synonym: għatta
  2. (construction) to plaster

Conjugation

    Conjugation of kesa
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m ksejt ksejt kesa ksejna ksejtu ksew
f ksiet
imperfect m niksi tiksi jiksi niksu tiksu jiksu
f tiksi
imperative iksi iksu

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit केश (keśa).

Noun

kesa m

  1. hair (of the head)

Declension

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كیسه (kîse) (Turkish kese), from Persian کیسه (kise).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kêsa/
  • Hyphenation: ke‧sa

Noun

kȅsa f (Cyrillic spelling ке̏са)

  1. (regional in Croatia, otherwise general) pouch
  2. (regional in Croatia, otherwise general) sack, bag

Declension

Synonyms

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ke‧sa
  • IPA(key): /ˈkesa/, [ˈkɛ.sɐ]

Conjunction

kesa (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜐ)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of kaysa.

Zazaki

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Iranian *kacyápah.

Noun

kesa f

  1. tortoise
    Synonym: kesakosi

References

  • Şenateş, Şaban (2022), kesa”, in Ferhengê Zazakî [Dimilî, Kirmancî, Kirdî] Türkçe Açıklamalı [Zazaki dictionary with explanations in Turkish] (in Zazaki), Istanbul: Nûbihar, page 957a
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