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Kashi¹

  • /ˈkɑː.ʃi/

Where it comes from

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 喀什 (Kāshí), short for 喀什噶爾／喀什噶尔 (Kāshígá'ěr), from Manchu ᡴᠠᠰᡳᡤᠠᡵ (kasigar), from Written Oirat ᡍᠠᠱᡅᡎᠠᠷ (xašiɣar), from Classical Persian کاشغر (Kāšġar).

proper noun K'a-shih

  1. Synonym of Kashgar: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name. In September 1986, in Duolu Township, which is in Hetan^([sic]) Prefecture's Luopu County in Southern Xinjiang, people began to contract the communicable non-Type A-non-Type B enteric hepatitis. The disease spread to some of the rural areas in Hetan^([sic]), Kashi, and Kizilsu.

    Similar: Kashgar, K'o-shih

Kashi²

Where it comes from

From Sanskrit काशी (kāśī).

proper noun

  1. Synonym of Varanasi. In the mind of India, Varanasi or Kashi is an ancient space suspended in an unbroken continuum, not a project under construction.

    Similar: Varanasi

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"Kashi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kashi. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Kashi. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kashi

Chicago

"Kashi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kashi.

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@misc{kashi_2026,
  title = {Kashi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kashi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}