किरण

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit किरण (kiraṇa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kɪ.ɾəɳ/, [kɪ.ɾɐ̃ɳ]

Noun

किरण • (kiraṇ) f (Urdu spelling کرن)

1. ray of light, beam

   Synonym: रश्मि (raśmi)

Declension

Declension of किरण (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	किरण kiraṇ	किरणें kiraṇẽ
oblique	किरण kiraṇ	किरणों kiraṇõ
vocative	किरण kiraṇ	किरणो kiraṇo

Proper noun

किरण • (kiraṇ) ?

1. a unisex given name from Sanskrit, equivalent to English Kiran

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit किरण (kiraṇa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.ɾəɳ/

Noun

किरण • (kiraṇ) n

1. ray of light, beam

Declension

Declension of किरण (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	किरण kiraṇ
direct plural	किरणे, किरणं kiraṇe, kirṇa
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	किरण kiraṇ		किरणे, किरणं kiraṇe, kirṇa
oblique सामान्यरूप	किरणा kiraṇā		किरणां- kiraṇān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	किरणाला kiraṇālā		किरणांना kiraṇānnā
ergative	किरणाने, किरणानं kiraṇāne, kiraṇāna		किरणांनी kiraṇānnī
instrumental	किरणाशी kiraṇāśī		किरणांशी kiraṇānśī
locative सप्तमी	किरणात kiraṇāt		किरणांत kiraṇāt
vocative संबोधन	किरणा kiraṇā		किरणांनो kiraṇānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of किरण (neut cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	किरणाचा kiraṇāċā	किरणाचे kiraṇāċe	किरणाची kiraṇācī	किरणाच्या kiraṇācā	किरणाचे, किरणाचं kiraṇāċe, kiraṇāċa	किरणाची kiraṇācī	किरणाच्या kiraṇācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	किरणांचा kiraṇānċā	किरणांचे kiraṇānċe	किरणांची kiraṇāñcī	किरणांच्या kiraṇāncā	किरणांचे, किरणांचं kiraṇānċe, kiraṇānċa	किरणांची kiraṇāñcī	किरणांच्या kiraṇāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• सूर्यकिरण (sūryakiraṇ, “Sunray”)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “किरण”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “किरण”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “किरण”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কিৰণ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬶᬭᬡ (Balinese script)
• কিরণ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰰𑰨𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀺𑀭𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• ကိရဏ (Burmese script)
• કિરણ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਿਰਣ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌿𑌰𑌣 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦶꦫꦟ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂱𑂩𑂝 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಿರಣ (Kannada script)
• កិរណ (Khmer script)
• ກິຣຓ (Lao script)
• കിരണ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᡳᡵᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘱𑘨𑘜 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠢᠷᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧒𑧈𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐶𑐬𑐞 (Newa script)
• କିରଣ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢶꢬꢠ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆴𑆫𑆟 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖰𑖨𑖜 (Siddham script)
• කිරණ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩑𑩼𑩪 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚮𑚤𑚘 (Takri script)
• கிரண (Tamil script)
• కిరణ (Telugu script)
• กิรณ (Thai script)
• ཀི་ར་ཎ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒱𑒩𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨁𑨫𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ki.ɾɐ́.ɳɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈki.ɾɐ.ɳɐ/

Noun

किरण • (kiráṇa) stem, m

1. dust, very minute dust
2. a rein
3. a ray or beam of light, a sunbeam or moonbeam
4. thread
5. name of a kind of ketu (of which twenty-five are named)
6. the Sun

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of किरण (kiráṇa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	किरणः kiráṇaḥ	किरणौ / किरणा¹ kiráṇau / kiráṇā¹	किरणाः / किरणासः¹ kiráṇāḥ / kiráṇāsaḥ¹
Vocative	किरण kíraṇa	किरणौ / किरणा¹ kíraṇau / kíraṇā¹	किरणाः / किरणासः¹ kíraṇāḥ / kíraṇāsaḥ¹
Accusative	किरणम् kiráṇam	किरणौ / किरणा¹ kiráṇau / kiráṇā¹	किरणान् kiráṇān
Instrumental	किरणेन kiráṇena	किरणाभ्याम् kiráṇābhyām	किरणैः / किरणेभिः¹ kiráṇaiḥ / kiráṇebhiḥ¹
Dative	किरणाय kiráṇāya	किरणाभ्याम् kiráṇābhyām	किरणेभ्यः kiráṇebhyaḥ
Ablative	किरणात् kiráṇāt	किरणाभ्याम् kiráṇābhyām	किरणेभ्यः kiráṇebhyaḥ
Genitive	किरणस्य kiráṇasya	किरणयोः kiráṇayoḥ	किरणानाम् kiráṇānām
Locative	किरणे kiráṇe	किरणयोः kiráṇayoḥ	किरणेषु kiráṇeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “किरण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 283.