कन्द

Hindi

Pronunciation

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

Noun

कन्द • (kand) m (Urdu spelling کند)

1. Alternative spelling of कंद (kand)

Declension

Declension of कन्द (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कन्द kand	कन्द kand
oblique	कन्द kand	कन्दों kandõ
vocative	कन्द kand	कन्दो kando

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কন্দ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬦ᭄ᬤ (Balinese script)
• কন্দ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰡𑰿𑰟 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀦𑁆𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• ကန္ဒ (Burmese script)
• કન્દ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਨ੍ਦ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌨𑍍𑌦 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦤ꧀ꦢ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂢𑂹𑂠 (Kaithi script)
• ಕನ್ದ (Kannada script)
• កន្ទ (Khmer script)
• ກນ຺ທ (Lao script)
• കന്ദ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᠨᡩᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘡𑘿𑘟 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᠨᢑᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧁𑧠𑦿 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐣𑑂𑐡 (Newa script)
• କନ୍ଦ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢥ꣄ꢣ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆤𑇀𑆢 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖡𑖿𑖟 (Siddham script)
• කන්‍ද (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩯 𑪙𑩭 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚝𑚶𑚛 (Takri script)
• கந்த³ (Tamil script)
• కన్ద (Telugu script)
• กนฺท (Thai script)
• ཀ་ནྡ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒢𑓂𑒠 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨝𑩇𑨛 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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)”). May be ultimately sound-symbolic.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐn.dɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐn̪.d̪ɐ/

Noun

कन्द • (kanda) stem, m

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

Declension

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

Derived terms

• कन्दी (kandī)

Related terms

• ^? कन्दुक (kanduka)

Descendants

• Pali: kanda
• Hindi: कंद (kand)
• Marathi: कांदा (kāndā)
  • → Hindi: कांदा (kāndā)
• Punjabi: ਕੰਦ (kand)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कन्द”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 249.