𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡

See also: 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸 and 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

kaṇṇa (Latin script)
कण्ण (Devanagari script)
কণ্ণ (Bengali script)
කණ‍්ණ (Sinhalese script)
ကဏ္ဏ or ၵꧣ္ꧣ or ၵꧣ်ꧣ (Burmese script)
กณฺณ or กัณณะ (Thai script)
ᨠᨱ᩠ᨱ (Tai Tham script)
ກຓ຺ຓ or ກັຓຓະ (Lao script)
កណ្ណ (Khmer script)
𑄇𑄕𑄴𑄕 (Chakma script)

Noun

𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡 m

Brahmi script form of kaṇṇa (“ear”)

Declension

Declension table of "𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄 (kaṇṇo)	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸 (kaṇṇā)
Accusative (second)	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀁 (kaṇṇaṃ)	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂 (kaṇṇe)
Instrumental (third)	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀦 (kaṇṇena)	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀳𑀺 (kaṇṇehi) or 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀪𑀺 (kaṇṇebhi)
Dative (fourth)	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀲𑁆𑀲 (kaṇṇassa) or 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀬 (kaṇṇāya) or 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀁 (kaṇṇatthaṃ)	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀦𑀁 (kaṇṇānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀸 (kaṇṇasmā) or 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸 (kaṇṇamhā) or 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸 (kaṇṇā)	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀳𑀺 (kaṇṇehi) or 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀪𑀺 (kaṇṇebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀲𑁆𑀲 (kaṇṇassa)	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀦𑀁 (kaṇṇānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀺𑀁 (kaṇṇasmiṃ) or 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀺 (kaṇṇamhi) or 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂 (kaṇṇe)	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀲𑀼 (kaṇṇesu)
Vocative (calling)	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡 (kaṇṇa)	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸 (kaṇṇā)

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀓𑀭𑁆𑀡 (kárṇa).^[1] Cognate with Pali kaṇṇa.

Noun

𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡 (kaṇṇa) m (Devanagari कण्ण, Kannada ಕಣ್ಣ) (Māhārāṣṭrī, Śaurasenī) ^[2]^[3]^[4]

(anatomy) ear
Synonym: 𑀲𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢 (sŏtta)

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁄 (kaṇṇo)	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸 (kaṇṇā)
Accusative	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀁 (kaṇṇaṃ)	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂 (kaṇṇe) or 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸 (kaṇṇā)
Instrumental	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀡 (kaṇṇeṇa) or 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀡𑀁 (kaṇṇeṇaṃ)	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀳𑀺 (kaṇṇehi) or 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (kaṇṇehiṃ)
Dative	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀅 (kaṇṇāa)	—
Ablative	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀑 (kaṇṇāo) or 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀉 (kaṇṇāu) or 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸 (kaṇṇā) or 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀳𑀺 (kaṇṇāhi) or 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (kaṇṇāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀲𑁆𑀲 (kaṇṇassa)	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀡 (kaṇṇāṇa) or 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀡𑀁 (kaṇṇāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (kaṇṇammi) or 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂 (kaṇṇe)	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀲𑀼 (kaṇṇesu) or 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (kaṇṇesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡 (kaṇṇa) or 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸 (kaṇṇā)	𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸 (kaṇṇā)

Descendants

Central:
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit:
  - Awadhi: कान (kān)
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
  - Hindustani: kān
    Hindi: कान
    
    Urdu: کان (kān)
  - Romani: kan
Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Avahattha: 𑖎𑖜𑖿𑖜 (kaṇṇa), कण्ण (kaṇṇa)
  - Bengali-Assamese:
    - Assamese: কাণ (kan), কান (kan)
    - Bengali: কান (kan)
    - Hajong: কান
  - Bihari:
    - Bhojpuri: kān
      Devanagari script: कान
      Kaithi script: 𑂍𑂰𑂢
    - Magahi: kān
      Devanagari script: कान
      Kaithi script: 𑂍𑂰𑂢
    - Maithili: kān
      Devanagari script: कान
      Tirhuta script: 𑒏𑒰𑒢
  - Odia: କାନ (kāna)
Northern:
- Khasa Prakrit:
  - Central Pahari:
    - Kumaoni: कान (kān)
  - Eastern Pahari:
    - Nepali: कान (kān)
  - Western Pahari:
    - Bhadrawahi: कन्न (kann)
    - Chambeali: कन्न (kann)
Northwestern:
- Paisaci Prakrit:
  - Takka Apabhramsa:
    - Lahnda: کَنّ (kann), کَن (kan)
    - Punjabi: kann
      Gurmukhi script: ਕੰਨ
      
      Shahmukhi script: کَنّ
  - Vracada Apabhramsa:
    - Sindhi: kanu
      Arabic script: ڪَنُ
      
      Devanagari script: कनु
      - Kachchi: કન (kan)
Southern:
- Helu Prakrit:
  - ⇒ Dhivehi: ކަންފަތް (kan̊fat̊)
  - Sinhalese: කන (kana), කණ (kaṇa)
- Maharastri Prakrit:
  - Konkani: kānu
    Devanagari script: कानु
    
    Latin script: kanu
    
    Kannada script: ಕಾನು
  - Old Marathi: kāna
    Modi script: 𑘎𑘰𑘡
    
    Devanagari script: कान
    - Marathi: कान (kān)
Western:
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
  - Old Gujarati: कान (kāna)
    - Gujarati: કાન (kān)
    - Old Marwari: कान (kān)

References

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kárṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 144: “Pk. kaṇṇa-, °aḍaya- m. 'ear'”
^ Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 202
^ Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 21.
^ Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “कण्ण”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 220.

[1] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kárṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 144: “Pk. kaṇṇa-, °aḍaya- m. 'ear'”

[2] Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 202

[3] Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 21.

[4] Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “कण्ण”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 220.

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