कण

Declension of कण (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	कण kaṇ
direct plural	कण kaṇ
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	कण kaṇ	कण kaṇ
oblique सामान्यरूप	कणा kaṇā	कणां- kaṇān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	कणाला kaṇālā	कणांना kaṇānnā
ergative	कणाने, कणानं kaṇāne, kaṇāna	कणांनी kaṇānnī
instrumental	कणाशी kaṇāśī	कणांशी kaṇānśī
locative सप्तमी	कणात kaṇāt	कणांत kaṇāt
vocative संबोधन	कणा kaṇā	कणांनो kaṇānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of कण (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular^* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	कणाचा kaṇāċā	कणाचे kaṇāċe	कणाची kaṇācī	कणाच्या kaṇācā	कणाचे, कणाचं kaṇāċe, kaṇāċa	कणाची kaṇācī	कणाच्या kaṇācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	कणांचा kaṇānċā	कणांचे kaṇānċe	कणांची kaṇāñcī	कणांच्या kaṇāncā	कणांचे, कणांचं kaṇānċe, kaṇānċa	कणांची kaṇāñcī	कणांच्या kaṇāñcā
^* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Berntsen, Maxine, “कण”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.

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Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kánas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kánas, from Proto-Indo-European *kón-os, from *ken- (“dust, ashes”); if so, then cognate with Latin cinis, Ancient Greek κόνις (kónis). Alternatively, related to कनीयस् (kanīyas, “younger, smaller”).

कण • (káṇa) stem, m

Masculine a-stem declension of कण (káṇa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कणः káṇaḥ	कणौ / कणा¹ káṇau / káṇā¹	कणाः / कणासः¹ káṇāḥ / káṇāsaḥ¹
Vocative	कण káṇa	कणौ / कणा¹ káṇau / káṇā¹	कणाः / कणासः¹ káṇāḥ / káṇāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कणम् káṇam	कणौ / कणा¹ káṇau / káṇā¹	कणान् káṇān
Instrumental	कणेन káṇena	कणाभ्याम् káṇābhyām	कणैः / कणेभिः¹ káṇaiḥ / káṇebhiḥ¹
Dative	कणाय káṇāya	कणाभ्याम् káṇābhyām	कणेभ्यः káṇebhyaḥ
Ablative	कणात् káṇāt	कणाभ्याम् káṇābhyām	कणेभ्यः káṇebhyaḥ
Genitive	कणस्य káṇasya	कणयोः káṇayoḥ	कणानाम् káṇānām
Locative	कणे káṇe	कणयोः káṇayoḥ	कणेषु káṇeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Monier Williams (1899) “कण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 245/1.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 291
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 146