खनक

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kʰə.nək/, [kʰɐ.nɐk]

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit खनक (khanaka).

Noun

खनक • (khanak) m (rare, formal)

1. one who digs, digger, excavator
2. a miner
3. a house-breaker, thief
4. a mouse, rat

   Synonyms: चूहा (cūhā), मूषक (mūṣak), मूश (mūś), पिंग (piṅg)

Declension

Declension of खनक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	खनक khanak	खनक khanak
oblique	खनक khanak	खनकों khanakõ
vocative	खनक khanak	खनको khanako

Etymology 2

From खनकना (khanaknā, “to clink, jingle, clash, clatter”, verb), which is from Sanskrit खणखणायते (khaṇakhaṇāyate), from खणखणाय (khaṇakhaṇāya, “to utter or give out any peculiar sound, tick, tinkle, crack”, root), which is an onomatopoeia.

Noun

खनक • (khanak) f (Urdu spelling کھنک)

1. a ringing, clinking, jingling, tinkling, clashing or clanking sound
2. clattering (as of dishes)
3. the sound of wind

Declension

Declension of खनक (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	खनक khanak	खनकें khanakẽ
oblique	खनक khanak	खनकों khanakõ
vocative	खनक khanak	खनको khanako

Further reading

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• খনক (Assamese script)
• ᬔᬦᬓ (Balinese script)
• খনক (Bengali script)
• 𑰏𑰡𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀔𑀦𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ခနက (Burmese script)
• ખનક (Gujarati script)
• ਖਨਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌖𑌨𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦑꦤꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂎𑂢𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಖನಕ (Kannada script)
• ខនក (Khmer script)
• ຂນກ (Lao script)
• ഖനക (Malayalam script)
• ᡘᠠᠨᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘏𑘡𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠻᠠᠨᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦯𑧁𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐏𑐣𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଖନକ (Odia script)
• ꢓꢥꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆒𑆤𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖏𑖡𑖎 (Siddham script)
• ඛනක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩝𑩯𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚋𑚝𑚊 (Takri script)
• க²நக (Tamil script)
• ఖనక (Telugu script)
• ขนก (Thai script)
• ཁ་ན་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒐𑒢𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨌𑨝𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From खन् (khan, root) +‎ -अक (-aka).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʰɐ.nɐ.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɐ.n̪ɐ.kɐ/

Noun

खनक • (khanaka) stem, m

1. one who digs, digger, excavator
2. a miner
3. a house-breaker, thief
4. a mouse, rat

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:मूषक

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of खनक (khanaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	खनकः khanakaḥ	खनकौ / खनका¹ khanakau / khanakā¹	खनकाः / खनकासः¹ khanakāḥ / khanakāsaḥ¹
Vocative	खनक khanaka	खनकौ / खनका¹ khanakau / khanakā¹	खनकाः / खनकासः¹ khanakāḥ / khanakāsaḥ¹
Accusative	खनकम् khanakam	खनकौ / खनका¹ khanakau / khanakā¹	खनकान् khanakān
Instrumental	खनकेन khanakena	खनकाभ्याम् khanakābhyām	खनकैः / खनकेभिः¹ khanakaiḥ / khanakebhiḥ¹
Dative	खनकाय khanakāya	खनकाभ्याम् khanakābhyām	खनकेभ्यः khanakebhyaḥ
Ablative	खनकात् khanakāt	खनकाभ्याम् khanakābhyām	खनकेभ्यः khanakebhyaḥ
Genitive	खनकस्य khanakasya	खनकयोः khanakayoḥ	खनकानाम् khanakānām
Locative	खनके khanake	खनकयोः khanakayoḥ	खनकेषु khanakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Telugu: ఖనకుడు (khanakuḍu)
• → Hindi: खनक (khanak) (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “खनक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 336.