कण्ठ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কণ্ঠ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬡ᭄ᬞ (Balinese script)
• কণ্ঠ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰜𑰿𑰙 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀞 (Brahmi script)
• ကဏ္ဌ (Burmese script)
• કણ્ઠ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਣ੍ਠ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌣𑍍𑌠 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦟ꧀ꦜ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂝𑂹𑂘 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಣ್ಠ (Kannada script)
• កណ្ឋ (Khmer script)
• ກຓ຺ຐ (Lao script)
• കണ്ഠ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᢏᡱᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘜𑘿𑘙 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢏᢍᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑦼𑧠𑦹 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐞𑑂𑐛 (Newa script)
• କଣ୍ଠ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢠ꣄ꢝ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆟𑇀𑆜 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖜𑖿𑖙 (Siddham script)
• කණ‍්ඨ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩪 𑪙𑩧 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚘𑚶𑚕 (Takri script)
• கண்ட² (Tamil script)
• కణ్ఠ (Telugu script)
• กณฺฐ (Thai script)
• ཀ་ཎྛ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒝𑓂𑒚 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨘𑩇𑨕 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, compare Tulu ಕಂಟೆಲ್ (kaṇṭelŭ).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐɳ.ʈʰɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐɳ.ʈʰɐ/

Noun

कण्ठ • (kaṇṭhá) stem, m

1. (anatomy) throat, neck
2. the narrowest part of something
3. (anatomy) voice box
4. voice
5. guttural sound

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कण्ठ (kaṇṭhá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कण्ठः kaṇṭháḥ	कण्ठौ / कण्ठा¹ kaṇṭhaú / kaṇṭhā́¹	कण्ठाः / कण्ठासः¹ kaṇṭhā́ḥ / kaṇṭhā́saḥ¹
Vocative	कण्ठ káṇṭha	कण्ठौ / कण्ठा¹ káṇṭhau / káṇṭhā¹	कण्ठाः / कण्ठासः¹ káṇṭhāḥ / káṇṭhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कण्ठम् kaṇṭhám	कण्ठौ / कण्ठा¹ kaṇṭhaú / kaṇṭhā́¹	कण्ठान् kaṇṭhā́n
Instrumental	कण्ठेन kaṇṭhéna	कण्ठाभ्याम् kaṇṭhā́bhyām	कण्ठैः / कण्ठेभिः¹ kaṇṭhaíḥ / kaṇṭhébhiḥ¹
Dative	कण्ठाय kaṇṭhā́ya	कण्ठाभ्याम् kaṇṭhā́bhyām	कण्ठेभ्यः kaṇṭhébhyaḥ
Ablative	कण्ठात् kaṇṭhā́t	कण्ठाभ्याम् kaṇṭhā́bhyām	कण्ठेभ्यः kaṇṭhébhyaḥ
Genitive	कण्ठस्य kaṇṭhásya	कण्ठयोः kaṇṭháyoḥ	कण्ठानाम् kaṇṭhā́nām
Locative	कण्ठे kaṇṭhé	कण्ठयोः kaṇṭháyoḥ	कण्ठेषु kaṇṭhéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: कंठ (kaṇṭh)
• → Kannada: ಕಂಠ (kaṇṭha)
• → Punjabi: ਕੰਠ (kaṇṭh)
• → Telugu: కంఠము (kaṇṭhamu)