different between kasha vs kosha

English

Etymology

From Russian ????? (káša, “porridge, gruel”) or Yiddish ?????? (kashe).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k???/
• Hyphenation: ka?sha

Noun

kasha (countable and uncountable, plural kashas)

1. A porridge made from boiled buckwheat groats, or sometimes from other cereal groats.
   • 2000, Faye Levy, 1,000 Jewish Recipes, page 218:

     Some cooks add nuts as well, and I like the way their flavor complements that of the kasha and the browned onions.

   • 2005, James Meek, The People's Act of Love, Canongate 2006, page 171:

     Kristina Pankofska, a Polish exile whom Anna Petrovna paid a gold rouble a month to clean and help, arrived with a pail of hot kasha and two new eggs.

Translations

Anagrams

• Khasa, Sakha, hakas, shaka

Japanese

Romanization

kasha

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Portuguese

Noun

kasha m (uncountable)

1. kasha (type of porridge eaten in central and eastern Europe)

Swahili

Etymology

From Portuguese caixa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka?sha

Noun

kasha (ma class, plural makasha)

1. storage chest

See also

• sanduku

English

Alternative forms

• kosa

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (kó?a, “sheath, vessel, container, layer etc.”).

Noun

kosha (plural koshas)

1. (philosophy) Any of five sheaths that are thought to cover the Atman, or True Self, according to Vedantic philosophy.
2. A particular type of Sanskrit dictionary.
   • 2006, Encyclopedia of language and linguistics 2ed, Elsevier, page 614:

     The koshas, which are not based on any specific text, have some unusal properties. They are written in verse and include nouns and indeclinables but not verbs. The words are arranged according to topics. They deal with synonyms and homonyms and were meant for the use of poets. The best-known kosha in Sanskrit is the lexicon prepared by a Buddhist scholar Amarasinha, who was also a poet. This dictionary is usually known as Amarakosha (‘Amara's dictionary’) rather than by its actual name, Namalinganushasana.

Related terms

Anagrams

• Ashok, Hoaks, hakos, kohas, shako