कच्छkacchaच्छम् [ccham], च्छम् 1 Bank, margin, skirt, bordering region (whether near water or not); यमुनाकच्छमवतीर्णः…
- च्छम् ccham, च्छम् 1 Bank, margin, skirt, bordering region (whether near water or not); यमुनाकच्छमवतीर्णः Pt.1; गन्धमादनकच्छोऽध्यासितः V.5; Śi.3.8; Māl.9.16.
- A marsh, morass, fen. 'जलप्रायमनूपं स्यात्पुंसि कच्छस्तथाविधः' Nm.
- The hem of the lower garment tucked into the waistband; see कक्षा.
- A part of boat.
- A particular part of a tortoise (in कच्छप).
- A tree, the timber of which is used for making furniture of (तुन्न, Marâthî नांदुरकी); Mb.1.7.21.
- A populous region. च्छा A cricket.
- The plant Lycopodium Imbricatum (वाराही).
Derived forms and compounds
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-अन्तः the border of a lake or stream; marshy place; Ki.7.39; कच्छान्ते सुरसरितो निधाय सेनाम् 12.54.
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-देशः Name of a place in the South.
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-पः
- (-पी Feminine)
- a turtle, tortoise; केशव धृतकच्छपरूप जय जगदीश हरे Gīt.1; Ms.1.44,12.42 (thus explained by Durga; कच्छं आत्मनो मुखसंपुटं पाति स हि किंचित् दृष्ट्वा शरीर एव मुखसंपुटं प्रवेशयति).
- a tumour on the palate.
- an apparatus used in the distillation of spirituous liquor.
- an attitude in wrestling.
- the tree Cedrela Toona (Marâthî नांदुरकी)
- one of the nine treasures of Kubera.
- (पी) a female tortoise.
- a cutaneous disease, wart or blotch.
- a kind of lute; also the lute of Sarasvatī.
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-भूः Feminine marshy ground, morass.
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-रुहा a kind of grass (दूर्वा).
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कच्छ kaccha च्छा cchā टिका ṭikā कच्छाटी kacchāṭī, (च्छा) टिका कच्छाटी The end or hem of a lower garment which, after being carried round the body, is gathered up behind and tucked into the waist-band.
Source: Apte
