𑀓𑀁𑀓𑀡

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कङ्कण (kaṅkaṇa).

Noun

𑀓𑀁𑀓𑀡 (kaṃkaṇa) f (Devanagari कंकण)

1. bracelet

Descendants

• Central:
  • Awadhi: ककना (kaknā)
  • Hindustani: kaknā, kaknī
    • Hindi: ककना, ककनी
    • Urdu: ککنا, ککنی
• Eastern:
  • Bengali: কাঁকন (kãkon)
  • Bihari: कँकना (kãknā), कँकनी (kãknī), ककना (kaknā)
• Northern:
  • Bhadrawahi: कङ्कण (kaṅkaṇ)
• Northwestern:
  • Sindhi: kaṅgaṇu, kaṅgiṇī

    Arabic script: ڪَنگَڻُ, ڪَنگِڻِي

    Devanagari script: कंगणु, कंगिणी

  • Punjabi: kaṅgaṇ, kaṅgan

    Gurmukhi script: ਕੰਗਣ, ਕੰਗਨ

    Shahmukhi script: کنگن, کنگن

    • → Hindustani: kaṅgan
      • Hindi: कंगन
      • Urdu: کنگن
    • → Bihari: कंग्ना (kãgnā), कंग्नी (kãgnī)
      • Bhojpuri: कंगना (kaṅgᵊnā)
    • → Marathi: कंगणी (kaṅgṇī)
    • → Nepali: कंग्ना (kaṅgnā)

References

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T. (1928) “कंकण”, in pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Calcutta: Self-published.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kaṃkaṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press