khaṇa

Pali

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit क्षण (kṣaṇa).

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀔𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• खण (Devanagari script)
• খণ (Bengali script)
• ඛණ (Sinhalese script)
• ခဏ or ၶꧣ (Burmese script)
• ขณ or ขะณะ (Thai script)
• ᨡᨱ (Tai Tham script)
• ຂຓ or ຂະຓະ (Lao script)
• ខណ (Khmer script)
• 𑄈𑄕 (Chakma script)

Noun

khaṇa m

1. moment

Declension

Declension table of "khaṇa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	khaṇo	khaṇā
Accusative (second)	khaṇaṃ	khaṇe
Instrumental (third)	khaṇena	khaṇehi or khaṇebhi
Dative (fourth)	khaṇassa or khaṇāya or khaṇatthaṃ	khaṇānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	khaṇasmā or khaṇamhā or khaṇā	khaṇehi or khaṇebhi
Genitive (sixth)	khaṇassa	khaṇānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	khaṇasmiṃ or khaṇamhi or khaṇe	khaṇesu
Vocative (calling)	khaṇa	khaṇā

Descendants

• → Burmese: ခဏ (hka.na.)
• → Khmer: ខណៈ (khaʼnaʼ)
• → Lao: ຂະນະ (kha na)
• → Mon: ခၞ
• → Thai: ขณะ (kà-nà)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀔𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• खण (Devanagari script)
• খণ (Bengali script)
• ඛණ (Sinhalese script)
• ခဏ or ၶꧣ (Burmese script)
• ขณ or ขะณะ (Thai script)
• ᨡᨱ (Tai Tham script)
• ຂຓ or ຂະຓະ (Lao script)
• ខណ (Khmer script)
• 𑄈𑄕 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• khana (Latin script)
• 𑀔𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• खन (Devanagari script)
• খন (Bengali script)
• ඛන (Sinhalese script)
• ခန or ၶၼ (Burmese script)
• ขน or ขะนะ (Thai script)
• ᨡᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ຂນ or ຂະນະ (Lao script)
• ខន (Khmer script)
• 𑄈𑄚 (Chakma script)

Verb

khaṇa

1. imperative active second-person singular of khaṇati (“to dig”)

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “khaṇa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead