कण्व

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কণ্ব (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬡ᭄ᬯ (Balinese script)
• কণ্ব (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰜𑰿𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• ကဏွ (Burmese script)
• કણ્વ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਣ੍ਵ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌣𑍍𑌵 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦟ꧀ꦮ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂝𑂹𑂫 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಣ್ವ (Kannada script)
• កណ្វ (Khmer script)
• ກຓ຺ວ (Lao script)
• കണ്വ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᢏᠣᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘜𑘿𑘪 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢏᢦ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑦼𑧠𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐞𑑂𑐰 (Newa script)
• କଣ୍ଵ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢠ꣄ꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆟𑇀𑆮 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖜𑖿𑖪 (Siddham script)
• කණ‍්ව (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩪 𑪙𑩾 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚘𑚶𑚦 (Takri script)
• கண்வ (Tamil script)
• కణ్వ (Telugu script)
• กณฺว (Thai script)
• ཀ་ཎྭ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒝𑓂𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨘𑩇𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐɳ.ʋɐ/, [kɐʋ̃.ʋɐ]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐɳ.ʋɐ/

Noun

कण्व • (kaṇva) stem, ?

1. Talented, intelligent
2. Praising
3. Fit to be praised or honoured
4. Deaf

Proper noun

कण्व • (kaṇva) stem, m

1. Kanva (a sage character who brought up Shakuntala in the play Shakuntalam)

Descendants

• → Bhojpuri: कण्व (kaṇva)
• → English: Kanva
• → Hindi: कण्व (kaṇva)
• → Marathi: कण्व (kaṇva)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “कण्व”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]