کن
See also: كن
Pahari-Potwari
Etymology
Inherited from Apabhramsa 𑖎𑖜𑖿𑖜 (kaṇṇa), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡 (kaṇṇa), from Sanskrit कर्ण (kárṇa).
Pronunciation
- (phr) IPA(key): /kənː/, [kɐnˑᵊ]
Noun
کن (kann)
Persian
Pronunciation 1
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈkun/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [kʰʊn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰon]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰun]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | kun |
| Dari reading? | kun |
| Iranian reading? | kon |
| Tajik reading? | kun |
Verb
کن • (kon)
- present stem form of کردن (kardan)
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /ken/
Verb
کن • (ken)
- (dialectal, Mashhad) present stem form of کردن (kardan)
- هر کِه/کی عاشق مِشَه پنهون مِکِنَه مثل اویَه
- har ke/ki 'âšeq meša panhun mekena mesl-e uya
- Whoever is a lover hides the way he/she comes
- (literally, “Anyone who becomes a lover does concealement like he/she comes.”)
Punjabi
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Etymology
Inherited from Apabhramsa 𑖎𑖜𑖿𑖜 (kaṇṇa), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡 (kaṇṇa), from Sanskrit कर्ण (karṇa).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /kənː/, [kɐnˑᵊ]
Audio (India): (file)
Noun
کَنّ • (kann) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੰਨ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | کَنّ (kann) | کَنّ (kann) |
| oblique | کَنّ (kann) | کَنّاں (kannāṉ) |
| vocative | کَنّا (kannā) | کَنّو (kanno) |
| ablative | کَنّوں (kannoṉ) | کَنّاں (kannāṉ) |
| locative | کَنّے (kanne) | کَنِّیں (kanniīṉ) |
| instrumental | کَنّوں (kannoṉ) | – |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کنّ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “کن”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
- “ਕੰਨ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kárṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 144
Saraiki
Etymology
Inherited from Apabhramsa 𑖎𑖜𑖿𑖜 (kaṇṇa), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡 (kaṇṇa), from Sanskrit कर्ण (karṇa). Cognate with Assamese কাণ (kan), Bengali কান (kan), Hindustani कान (kān) / کان (kān), Romani kan and Sindhi ڪن (kanu).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kənː/
Noun
کَنّ (kann) m (Devanagari कन्न)