کھنک

Urdu

Etymology

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

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kʰə.nək/

Noun

کھنک • (khanak) f (Hindi spelling खनक)

1. a ringing, clinking, jingling, tinkling, clashing or clanking sound
2. clattering (as of dishes)
3. the sound of wind

Declension

Declension of کھنک
	singular	plural
direct	کھنک (khanak)	کھنکیں (khanakẽ)
oblique	کھنک (khanak)	کھنکوں (khanakõ)
vocative	کھنک (khanak)	کھنکو (khanako)

Further reading

• “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.