खनन

See also: खिन्न

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit खनन (khanana).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kʰə.nən/, [kʰɐ.nɐ̃n]

Noun

खनन • (khanan) m (Urdu spelling کَھنَن)

1. digging, excavating

Declension

Declension of खनन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	खनन khanan	खनन khanan
oblique	खनन khanan	खननों khananõ
vocative	खनन khanan	खननो khanano

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “खनन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “खनन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• খনন (Assamese script)
• ᬔᬦᬦ (Balinese script)
• খনন (Bengali script)
• 𑰏𑰡𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀔𑀦𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ခနန (Burmese script)
• ખનન (Gujarati script)
• ਖਨਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌖𑌨𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦑꦤꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂎𑂢𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಖನನ (Kannada script)
• ខនន (Khmer script)
• ຂນນ (Lao script)
• ഖനന (Malayalam script)
• ᡘᠠᠨᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘏𑘡𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠻᠠᠨᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦯𑧁𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐏𑐣𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଖନନ (Odia script)
• ꢓꢥꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆒𑆤𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖏𑖡𑖡 (Siddham script)
• ඛනන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩝𑩯𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚋𑚝𑚝 (Takri script)
• க²நந (Tamil script)
• ఖనన (Telugu script)
• ขนน (Thai script)
• ཁ་ན་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒐𑒢𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨌𑨝𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Derived from the root खन् (khan) +‎ -अन (-ana).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

खनन • (khanana) stem, n

1. the act of digging or excavating
2. digging into the earth, burying

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of खनन (khanana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	खननम् khananam	खनने khanane	खननानि / खनना¹ khananāni / khananā¹
Vocative	खनन khanana	खनने khanane	खननानि / खनना¹ khananāni / khananā¹
Accusative	खननम् khananam	खनने khanane	खननानि / खनना¹ khananāni / khananā¹
Instrumental	खननेन khananena	खननाभ्याम् khananābhyām	खननैः / खननेभिः¹ khananaiḥ / khananebhiḥ¹
Dative	खननाय khananāya	खननाभ्याम् khananābhyām	खननेभ्यः khananebhyaḥ
Ablative	खननात् khananāt	खननाभ्याम् khananābhyām	खननेभ्यः khananebhyaḥ
Genitive	खननस्य khananasya	खननयोः khananayoḥ	खननानाम् khananānām
Locative	खनने khanane	खननयोः khananayoḥ	खननेषु khananeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Telugu: ఖననము (khananamu)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: खनन (khanan)

  Urdu: کَھنَن (khanan)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “खनन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 336, column 3.