केतु

See also: कृत्, क्त, किंतु, कति, and कृति

Sanskrit

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kaytúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kaytúš, from Proto-Indo-European *key-tús, from *key- (“bright, burning”), whence also चित्र (citrá). Cognate with Old Norse hárr (“grey”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍃 (hais, “torch”).

केतु • (ketú) m

lamp, flame, torch
bright appearance, clearness, brightness
(in the plural) rays of light
day-time
apparition, form, shape
sign, mark, ensign, flag, banner
any unusual or striking phenomenon, comet, meteor, falling star
Ketu: the dragon's tail or descending node (considered in astronomy as the 9th planet, and in mythology as the body of the demon Saiṃhikeya which was severed from the head or Rahu by Vishnu at the churning of the ocean, but was rendered immortal by having tasted the अमृत (amṛ́ta))

Masculine u-stem declension of केतु (ketú)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	केतुः ketúḥ	केतू ketū́	केतवः ketávaḥ
Vocative	केतो kéto	केतू kétū	केतवः kétavaḥ
Accusative	केतुम् ketúm	केतू ketū́	केतून् ketū́n
Instrumental	केतुना / केत्वा¹ ketúnā / ketvā̀¹	केतुभ्याम् ketúbhyām	केतुभिः ketúbhiḥ
Dative	केतवे / केत्वे² ketáve / ketvè²	केतुभ्याम् ketúbhyām	केतुभ्यः ketúbhyaḥ
Ablative	केतोः / केत्वः² ketóḥ / ketvàḥ²	केतुभ्याम् ketúbhyām	केतुभ्यः ketúbhyaḥ
Genitive	केतोः / केत्वः² ketóḥ / ketvàḥ²	केत्वोः ketvóḥ	केतूनाम् ketūnā́m
Locative	केतौ ketaú	केत्वोः ketvóḥ	केतुषु ketúṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Less common

Monier Williams (1899), “केतु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0309.

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