Hindi edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kənd̪/, [kɐ̃n̪d̪]

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कन्द (kandm (Urdu spelling کند)

  1. Alternative spelling of कंद (kand)

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Etymology edit

Of uncertain origin. Possibly an extended form of the root कन् (kan), from Proto-Indo-European *ken-d- (to press, pinch, squeeze), but formal cognates are few and controversial: compare Ancient Greek κονδός (kondós), κόνδυλος (kóndulos, knob, knot, joint) (now thought to be Pre-Greek substrate borrowings) and Lithuanian kánduolas (kernel (of grain)).[1] May be ultimately sound-symbolic.

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कन्द (kanda) stemm

  1. a bulbous or tuberous root , a bulb
  2. the bulbous root of Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (syn. Amorphophallus campanulatus)
  3. a lump, swelling, knot

Declension edit

Masculine a-stem declension of कन्द (kanda)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कन्दः
kandaḥ
कन्दौ / कन्दा¹
kandau / kandā¹
कन्दाः / कन्दासः¹
kandāḥ / kandāsaḥ¹
Vocative कन्द
kanda
कन्दौ / कन्दा¹
kandau / kandā¹
कन्दाः / कन्दासः¹
kandāḥ / kandāsaḥ¹
Accusative कन्दम्
kandam
कन्दौ / कन्दा¹
kandau / kandā¹
कन्दान्
kandān
Instrumental कन्देन
kandena
कन्दाभ्याम्
kandābhyām
कन्दैः / कन्देभिः¹
kandaiḥ / kandebhiḥ¹
Dative कन्दाय
kandāya
कन्दाभ्याम्
kandābhyām
कन्देभ्यः
kandebhyaḥ
Ablative कन्दात्
kandāt
कन्दाभ्याम्
kandābhyām
कन्देभ्यः
kandebhyaḥ
Genitive कन्दस्य
kandasya
कन्दयोः
kandayoḥ
कन्दानाम्
kandānām
Locative कन्दे
kande
कन्दयोः
kandayoḥ
कन्देषु
kandeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

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References edit

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “ken- 1”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 559: “kondo- ‚Geballtes‘”