Etymograph

English

Kailash

Kailash comes from Sanskrit कैलास ‘Mount Kailasa’.

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEकैलासkailāsa‘Mount Kailasa’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1984Kailash

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEकैलासkailāsa‘Mount Kailasa’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1984Kailash

Earliest quotation: 1984, 34:10 from the start: “Is that some kind of writing? Yeah, it's Sanskrit.…”

Today it means

name A mountain of the Transhimalaya in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, considered to be sacred in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Bön.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Sanskrit कैलास / Kailash