कोङ्कण

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

কোঙ্কণ (Assamese script)
ᬓᭀᬗ᭄ᬓᬡ (Balinese script)
কোঙ্কণ (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰺𑰒𑰿𑰎𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑁄𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀡 (Brahmi script)
ကောင်္ကဏ (Burmese script)
કોઙ્કણ (Gujarati script)
ਕੋਙ੍ਕਣ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑍋𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌣 (Grantha script)
ꦏꦺꦴꦔ꧀ꦏꦟ (Javanese script)
𑂍𑂷𑂑𑂹𑂍𑂝 (Kaithi script)
ಕೋಙ್ಕಣ (Kannada script)
កោង្កណ (Khmer script)
ໂກງ຺ກຓ (Lao script)
കോങ്കണ (Malayalam script)
ᡬᠣᢛᡬᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘻𑘒𑘿𑘎𑘜 (Modi script)
ᢉᠣᠸᠠᢊᢉᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑧜𑦲𑧠𑦮𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑑀𑐒𑑂𑐎𑐞 (Newa script)
କୋଙ୍କଣ (Odia script)
ꢒꣂꢖ꣄ꢒꢠ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑆾𑆕𑇀𑆑𑆟 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖺𑖒𑖿𑖎𑖜 (Siddham script)
කොඞ‍්කණ (Sinhalese script)
𑩜𑩕𑩠 𑪙𑩜𑩪 (Soyombo script)
𑚊𑚴𑚎𑚶𑚊𑚘 (Takri script)
கோங்கண (Tamil script)
కోఙ్కణ (Telugu script)
โกงฺกณ (Thai script)
ཀོ་ངྐ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑒼𑒓𑓂𑒏𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑨆𑨏𑩇𑨋𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Unknown; probably borrowed. Compare Tamil கொங்கணம் (koṅkaṇam).^[1]

According to the Sahyādrikhaṇḍa, from कोण (koṇa, “corner”) + कण (kaṇa, “piece”), meaning "piece of earth" or "piece of corner."^[2]^[3]

Pronunciation

(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /koːŋ.kɐ.ɳɐ/

Noun

कोङ्कण • (koṅkaṇa) stem, m pl ^[4]

the people of the Konkan coast
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 6.9.60:
  कौकुट्टकास्तथा चोलाः कोङ्कणा मालवा नराः ।
  समङ्गाः करकाश्चैव कुकुराङ्गारमारिषाः ॥
  kaukuṭṭakāstathā colāḥ koṅkaṇā mālavā narāḥ.
  samaṅgāḥ karakāścaiva kukurāṅgāramāriṣāḥ.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 550 CE, Varāhamihira, Bṛhat Saṃhitā 14.12
- c. 1100, Kalhana, Rājataraṃgiṇī 4.159

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कोङ्कण
	plural
nominative	कोङ्कणाः (koṅkaṇāḥ)
accusative	कोङ्कणान् (koṅkaṇān)
instrumental	कोङ्कणैः (koṅkaṇaiḥ)
dative	कोङ्कणेभ्यः (koṅkaṇebhyaḥ)
ablative	कोङ्कणेभ्यः (koṅkaṇebhyaḥ)
genitive	कोङ्कणानाम् (koṅkaṇānām)
locative	कोङ्कणेषु (koṅkaṇeṣu)
vocative	कोङ्कणाः (koṅkaṇāḥ)

Descendants

Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑁄𑀁𑀓𑀡 (koṃkaṇa), 𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀓𑀡 (kuṃkaṇa)
- Konkani:
  Devanagari script: कोंकण (koṅkaṇ)
  Kannada script: ಕೊಂಕಣ್ (koṅkaṇ)
  Latin script: Konkann
  - → Portuguese: Concão
- Old Marathi:
  Modi script: 𑘎𑘻𑘎𑘜 (kokaṇa), 𑘎𑘻𑘽𑘎𑘜 (koṃkaṇa)
  Devanagari script: कोकण (kokaṇa), कोंकण (koṃkaṇa)
  - Marathi: कोकण (kokaṇ)
⇒ Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑁄𑀁𑀓𑀡𑀅 (koṃkaṇaa)
- Old Marathi:
  Modi script: 𑘎𑘻𑘎𑘜𑘰 (kokaṇā), 𑘎𑘻𑘽𑘎𑘜𑘰 (koṃkaṇā)
  
  Devanagari script: कोकणा (kokaṇā), कोंकणा (koṃkaṇā)

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 123
^ Shastri Gaytonde, Gajanan, editor ((Can we date this quote?)), Shree Scanda Puran (Sayadri Khandha) (in Marathi), Mumbai: Shree Katyani Publication
^ Satoskar, B. D. (2009) Gomantak Prakruti ani Sanskruti, Part 1 (in Marathi), Shubhada Publication, page 206
^ Monier Williams (1899) “कोङ्कण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 312, column 2.