खनक
Hindi
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editLearned borrowing from Sanskrit खनक (khanaka).
Noun
editखनक • (khanak) m (rare, formal)
Declension
editDeclension of खनक (masc cons-stem)
Etymology 2
editFrom 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
editखनक • (khanak) f (Urdu spelling کھنک)
- a ringing, clinking, jingling, tinkling, clashing or clanking sound
- clattering (as of dishes)
- the sound of wind
Declension
editDeclension of खनक (fem cons-stem)
Further reading
edit- 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
editAlternative scripts
editAlternative 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
editFrom खन् (khan, root) + -अक (-aka).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editखनक • (khanaka) stem, m
- one who digs, digger, excavator
- a miner
- a house-breaker, thief
- a mouse, rat
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:मूषक
Declension
editMasculine a-stem declension of खनक (khanaka) | |||
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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 |
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Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- Monier Williams (1899) “खनक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 336.
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- Hindi terms borrowed from Sanskrit
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- Hindi onomatopoeias
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