کھنک
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
From کھنکنا (khanaknā, “to clink, jingle, clash, clatter”, verb), which is from Sanskrit खणखणायते (khaṇakhaṇāyate), from खणखणाय (khaṇakhaṇāya, “to utter or give out any peculiar sound, tick, tinkle, crack”, root), which is an onomatopoeia.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kʰə.nək/
Noun edit
کھنک • (khanak) f (Hindi spelling खनक)
- a ringing, clinking, jingling, tinkling, clashing or clanking sound
- clattering (as of dishes)
- the sound of wind
Declension edit
| Declension of کھنک | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | کھنک (khanak) | کھنکیں (khanakẽ) |
| oblique | کھنک (khanak) | کھنکوں (khanakõ) |
| vocative | کھنک (khanak) | کھنکو (khanako) |
Further reading edit
- “کھنک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “खनक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.