कन्
See also: कम
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- चन् (can)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- কন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ကန် (Burmese script)
- કન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਕਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಕೝ (Kannada script)
- កន៑ (Khmer script)
- ກນ຺ (Lao script)
- കന് (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- କନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢒꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- කන් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- கந் (Tamil script)
- కౝ (Telugu script)
- กนฺ (Thai script)
- ཀ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanH- (“to love, take pleasure in”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kenh₂- (“to be pleased, enjoy”), infixed nasal stem of *keh₂- (“to like, wish”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kɐn/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /kɐn̪/
Root
कन् • (kan)
- to be satisfied or pleased
- to agree to, accept with satisfaction
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root कन् (0 c, 1 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root कन् (2 c, 0 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- अकानीत् (ákānīt) (Aorist)
- चाकन (cākána) (Perfect)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- चनस् (cánas)
- चनिष्ठ (cániṣṭha)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “कन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 248, column 2.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 17
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “कन्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “KANI”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 296-7
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 263