कनक

Braj

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कनक (kánaka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kə.nək/

Noun

कनक (kanak) m

1. gold

   कनक खंभ मरकत मनि हों, हीराखचित अमोल ― kanak khambh markat mani hõ, hīrākhcit amol ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kə.nək/, [kɐ.nɐk]

Etymology 1

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit कणिक (kaṇika). Doublet of कणिक (kaṇik) and कनिक (kanik).

Noun

कनक • (kanak) m (Urdu spelling کنک)

1. wheat flour

   Synonym: गेहूँ का आटा (gehū̃ kā āṭā)

Declension

Declension of कनक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कनक kanak	कनक kanak
oblique	कनक kanak	कनकों kanakõ
vocative	कनक kanak	कनको kanako

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कनक (kánaka).

Noun

कनक • (kanak) m (Urdu spelling کنک) (rare, formal)

1. gold

   Synonyms: सोना (sonā), स्वर्ण (svarṇ)

2. thorn apple

   Synonym: (more common) धतूरा (dhatūrā)

Declension

Declension of कनक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कनक kanak	कनक kanak
oblique	कनक kanak	कनकों kanakõ
vocative	कनक kanak	कनको kanako

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कनक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “कनक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कनक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কনক (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬦᬓ (Balinese script)
• কনক (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰡𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀦𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ကနက (Burmese script)
• કનક (Gujarati script)
• ਕਨਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌨𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦤꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂢𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಕನಕ (Kannada script)
• កនក (Khmer script)
• ກນກ (Lao script)
• കനക (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᠨᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘡𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᠨᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧁𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐣𑐎 (Newa script)
• କନକ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢥꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆤𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖡𑖎 (Siddham script)
• කනක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩯𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚝𑚊 (Takri script)
• கநக (Tamil script)
• కనక (Telugu script)
• กนก (Thai script)
• ཀ་ན་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒢𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨝𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From कन् (kan, “to shine”, root) +‎ -अक (-aka).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ́.nɐ.kɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ.n̪ɐ.kɐ/

Adjective

कनक • (kánaka) stem

1. made of gold

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कनक (kánaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कनकः kánakaḥ	कनकौ / कनका¹ kánakau / kánakā¹	कनकाः / कनकासः¹ kánakāḥ / kánakāsaḥ¹
Vocative	कनक kánaka	कनकौ / कनका¹ kánakau / kánakā¹	कनकाः / कनकासः¹ kánakāḥ / kánakāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कनकम् kánakam	कनकौ / कनका¹ kánakau / kánakā¹	कनकान् kánakān
Instrumental	कनकेन kánakena	कनकाभ्याम् kánakābhyām	कनकैः / कनकेभिः¹ kánakaiḥ / kánakebhiḥ¹
Dative	कनकाय kánakāya	कनकाभ्याम् kánakābhyām	कनकेभ्यः kánakebhyaḥ
Ablative	कनकात् kánakāt	कनकाभ्याम् kánakābhyām	कनकेभ्यः kánakebhyaḥ
Genitive	कनकस्य kánakasya	कनकयोः kánakayoḥ	कनकानाम् kánakānām
Locative	कनके kánake	कनकयोः kánakayoḥ	कनकेषु kánakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of कनका (kánakā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कनका kánakā	कनके kánake	कनकाः kánakāḥ
Vocative	कनके kánake	कनके kánake	कनकाः kánakāḥ
Accusative	कनकाम् kánakām	कनके kánake	कनकाः kánakāḥ
Instrumental	कनकया / कनका¹ kánakayā / kánakā¹	कनकाभ्याम् kánakābhyām	कनकाभिः kánakābhiḥ
Dative	कनकायै kánakāyai	कनकाभ्याम् kánakābhyām	कनकाभ्यः kánakābhyaḥ
Ablative	कनकायाः / कनकायै² kánakāyāḥ / kánakāyai²	कनकाभ्याम् kánakābhyām	कनकाभ्यः kánakābhyaḥ
Genitive	कनकायाः / कनकायै² kánakāyāḥ / kánakāyai²	कनकयोः kánakayoḥ	कनकानाम् kánakānām
Locative	कनकायाम् kánakāyām	कनकयोः kánakayoḥ	कनकासु kánakāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of कनक (kánaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कनकम् kánakam	कनके kánake	कनकानि / कनका¹ kánakāni / kánakā¹
Vocative	कनक kánaka	कनके kánake	कनकानि / कनका¹ kánakāni / kánakā¹
Accusative	कनकम् kánakam	कनके kánake	कनकानि / कनका¹ kánakāni / kánakā¹
Instrumental	कनकेन kánakena	कनकाभ्याम् kánakābhyām	कनकैः / कनकेभिः¹ kánakaiḥ / kánakebhiḥ¹
Dative	कनकाय kánakāya	कनकाभ्याम् kánakābhyām	कनकेभ्यः kánakebhyaḥ
Ablative	कनकात् kánakāt	कनकाभ्याम् kánakābhyām	कनकेभ्यः kánakebhyaḥ
Genitive	कनकस्य kánakasya	कनकयोः kánakayoḥ	कनकानाम् kánakānām
Locative	कनके kánake	कनकयोः kánakayoḥ	कनकेषु kánakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Noun

कनक • (kánaka) stem, m

1. a kind of decoration
2. name of several plants
   1. Ceylon ironwood, cobra saffron (Mesua ferrea)
   2. champak (Magnolia champaca)
   3. Butea frondosa
   4. Bauhinia variegata
   5. Kasaunda, kasondi senna, hasundari, pepper-leaved senna (Senna sophera, syn. Cassia sophera)
   6. thorn apple
   7. a kind of bdellium
   8. a kind of sandalwood

Noun

कनक • (kánaka) stem, n

1. gold

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:सुवर्ण

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of कनक (kánaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कनकम् kánakam	कनके kánake	कनकानि / कनका¹ kánakāni / kánakā¹
Vocative	कनक kánaka	कनके kánake	कनकानि / कनका¹ kánakāni / kánakā¹
Accusative	कनकम् kánakam	कनके kánake	कनकानि / कनका¹ kánakāni / kánakā¹
Instrumental	कनकेन kánakena	कनकाभ्याम् kánakābhyām	कनकैः / कनकेभिः¹ kánakaiḥ / kánakebhiḥ¹
Dative	कनकाय kánakāya	कनकाभ्याम् kánakābhyām	कनकेभ्यः kánakebhyaḥ
Ablative	कनकात् kánakāt	कनकाभ्याम् kánakābhyām	कनकेभ्यः kánakebhyaḥ
Genitive	कनकस्य kánakasya	कनकयोः kánakayoḥ	कनकानाम् kánakānām
Locative	कनके kánake	कनकयोः kánakayoḥ	कनकेषु kánakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: kanaka
• Prakrit: 𑀓𑀡𑀬 (kaṇaya)
• → Hindi: कनक (kanak) (learned)
• → Braj: कनक (kanak) (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “कनक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 248, column 2.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “कनक”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kánaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press