खन्

See also: ख़ून

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʰʌn]
• Phonetic Devanagari: खन्

Verb

खन् • (khan)

1. inflection of खन्नु (khannu):
   1. stem
   2. low-respectful second-person singular imperative

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• খন্ (Assamese script)
• ᬔᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
• খন্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰏𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀔𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ခန် (Burmese script)
• ખન્ (Gujarati script)
• ਖਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌖𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦑꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂎𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಖೝ (Kannada script)
• ខន៑ (Khmer script)
• ຂນ຺ (Lao script)
• ഖന് (Malayalam script)
• ᡘᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘏𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠻᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦯𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐏𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଖନ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢓꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆒𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖏𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ඛන් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩝𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚋𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
• க²ந் (Tamil script)
• ఖౝ (Telugu script)
• ขนฺ (Thai script)
• ཁ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒐𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨌𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanH- (“to dig”), though the aspiration is unexplained: probably either spurious/onomatopoeic or due to contamination from the unrelated root of खा (khā́, “spring, source”).

Root

खन् • (khan)

1. to dig, dig up, delve, turn up the soil, excavate, root up
2. to pierce (said of an arrow)

Derived terms

• अखनत् (akhanat)
• खनतात् (khanatāt)
• खनति (khanati)
• खनन (khanana)
• खनमान (khanamāna)
• खनितुम् (khanitum)
• खन्यते (khanyate)
• खन्यात् (khanyāt)
• खानक (khānaka)
• खानि (khāni)
• खायते (khāyate)
• खायात् (khāyāt)
• चखान (cakhāna)
• चख्नुर् (cakhnur)
• चख्ने (cakhne)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “खन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 336/3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 32
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 445-6
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “khanⁱ”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 275–276
• Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*kanH¹”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 232–233