खनक
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /kʰə.nək/, [kʰɐ.nɐk]
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit खनक (khanaka).
Noun
खनक • (khanak) m (rare, formal)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | खनक khanak |
खनक khanak |
| oblique | खनक khanak |
खनकों khanakõ |
| vocative | खनक khanak |
खनको khanako |
Etymology 2
From खनकना (khanaknā, “to clink, jingle, clash, clatter”, verb), which is from Sanskrit खणखणायते (khaṇakhaṇāyate), from खणखणाय (khaṇakhaṇāya, “to utter or give out any peculiar sound, tick, tinkle, crack”, root), which is an onomatopoeia.
Noun
खनक • (khanak) f (Urdu spelling کھنک)
- a ringing, clinking, jingling, tinkling, clashing or clanking sound
- clattering (as of dishes)
- the sound of wind
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | खनक khanak |
खनकें khanakẽ |
| oblique | खनक khanak |
खनकों khanakõ |
| vocative | खनक khanak |
खनको khanako |
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “खनक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “खनक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “खनक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- খনক (Assamese script)
- ᬔᬦᬓ (Balinese script)
- খনক (Bengali script)
- 𑰏𑰡𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀔𑀦𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- ခနက (Burmese script)
- ખનક (Gujarati script)
- ਖਨਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌖𑌨𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦑꦤꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂎𑂢𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಖನಕ (Kannada script)
- ខនក (Khmer script)
- ຂນກ (Lao script)
- ഖനക (Malayalam script)
- ᡘᠠᠨᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘏𑘡𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᠻᠠᠨᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦯𑧁𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐏𑐣𑐎 (Newa script)
- ଖନକ (Odia script)
- ꢓꢥꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆒𑆤𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖏𑖡𑖎 (Siddham script)
- ඛනක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩝𑩯𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚋𑚝𑚊 (Takri script)
- க²நக (Tamil script)
- ఖనక (Telugu script)
- ขนก (Thai script)
- ཁ་ན་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒐𑒢𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨌𑨝𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From खन् (khan, root) + -अक (-aka).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kʰɐ.nɐ.kɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /kʰɐ.n̪ɐ.kɐ/
Noun
खनक • (khanaka) stem, m
- one who digs, digger, excavator
- a miner
- a house-breaker, thief
- a mouse, rat
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:मूषक
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | खनकः (khanakaḥ) | खनकौ (khanakau) खनका¹ (khanakā¹) |
खनकाः (khanakāḥ) खनकासः¹ (khanakāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | खनकम् (khanakam) | खनकौ (khanakau) खनका¹ (khanakā¹) |
खनकान् (khanakān) |
| instrumental | खनकेन (khanakena) | खनकाभ्याम् (khanakābhyām) | खनकैः (khanakaiḥ) खनकेभिः¹ (khanakebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | खनकाय (khanakāya) | खनकाभ्याम् (khanakābhyām) | खनकेभ्यः (khanakebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | खनकात् (khanakāt) | खनकाभ्याम् (khanakābhyām) | खनकेभ्यः (khanakebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | खनकस्य (khanakasya) | खनकयोः (khanakayoḥ) | खनकानाम् (khanakānām) |
| locative | खनके (khanake) | खनकयोः (khanakayoḥ) | खनकेषु (khanakeṣu) |
| vocative | खनक (khanaka) | खनकौ (khanakau) खनका¹ (khanakā¹) |
खनकाः (khanakāḥ) खनकासः¹ (khanakāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “खनक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 336.