Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit कदन (kadana).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kə.d̪ən/, [kɐ.d̪ɐ̃n]

Noun edit

कदन (kadanm

  1. death; destruction, ruination
    Synonym: विनाश (vināś)
  2. violence, bloodshed

Declension edit

References edit

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Etymology edit

Of unclear origin. Possibly related to Ancient Greek κέκᾰδον (kékadon, to deprive).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

कदन (kadana) stemn

  1. destruction, killing, slaughter

Declension edit

Neuter a-stem declension of कदन (kadana)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कदनम्
kadanam
कदने
kadane
कदनानि / कदना¹
kadanāni / kadanā¹
Vocative कदन
kadana
कदने
kadane
कदनानि / कदना¹
kadanāni / kadanā¹
Accusative कदनम्
kadanam
कदने
kadane
कदनानि / कदना¹
kadanāni / kadanā¹
Instrumental कदनेन
kadanena
कदनाभ्याम्
kadanābhyām
कदनैः / कदनेभिः¹
kadanaiḥ / kadanebhiḥ¹
Dative कदनाय
kadanāya
कदनाभ्याम्
kadanābhyām
कदनेभ्यः
kadanebhyaḥ
Ablative कदनात्
kadanāt
कदनाभ्याम्
kadanābhyām
कदनेभ्यः
kadanebhyaḥ
Genitive कदनस्य
kadanasya
कदनयोः
kadanayoḥ
कदनानाम्
kadanānām
Locative कदने
kadane
कदनयोः
kadanayoḥ
कदनेषु
kadaneṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “कदन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 247/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 53
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 149