खनति

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

khaṇati (Latin script)
𑀔𑀡𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
खणति (Devanagari script)
খণতি (Bengali script)
ඛණති (Sinhalese script)
ခဏတိ or ၶꧣတိ (Burmese script)
ขณติ or ขะณะติ (Thai script)
ᨡᨱᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
ຂຓຕິ or ຂະຓະຕິ (Lao script)
ខណតិ (Khmer script)
𑄈𑄕𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

khanati (Latin script)
𑀔𑀦𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
খনতি (Bengali script)
ඛනති (Sinhalese script)
ခနတိ or ၶၼတိ (Burmese script)
ขนติ or ขะนะติ (Thai script)
ᨡᨶᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
ຂນຕິ or ຂະນະຕິ (Lao script)
ខនតិ (Khmer script)
𑄈𑄚𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Verb

खनति (root khaṇ, first conjugation)

alternative form of खणति (khaṇati), which see for forms, and Devanagari script form of khanati.

Adjective

खनति

Devanagari script form of khanati, masculine/neuter locative singular of khanant, which is present active participle of khanati (“to dig”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

খনতি (Assamese script)
ᬔᬦᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
খনতি (Bengali script)
𑰏𑰡𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀔𑀦𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ခနတိ (Burmese script)
ખનતિ (Gujarati script)
ਖਨਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌖𑌨𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦑꦤꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂎𑂢𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಖನತಿ (Kannada script)
ខនតិ (Khmer script)
ຂນຕິ (Lao script)
ഖനതി (Malayalam script)
ᡘᠠᠨᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘏𑘡𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠻᠠᠨᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑦯𑧁𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐏𑐣𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଖନତି (Odia script)
ꢓꢥꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆒𑆤𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖏𑖡𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
ඛනති (Sinhalese script)
𑩝𑩯𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚋𑚝𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
க²நதி (Tamil script)
ఖనతి (Telugu script)
ขนติ (Thai script)
ཁ་ན་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒐𑒢𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨌𑨝𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kánati, from *kan- (“to dig”), with unetymological aspiration of the first consonant. Cognate with Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬥- (kan-, “to dig”), 𐬎𐬯-𐬐𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬌 (us-kəṇti), Old Persian 𐎣𐎴- (kan-, “to dig”) whence Persian (kandan, “to dig”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʰɐ́.nɐ.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kʰɐ.n̪ɐ.t̪i/

Verb

खनति • (khánati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root खन्)

to dig
- c. 300 BCE, Pañcatantra Dharmabuddhi ca duṣṭabuddhi:
  खन्यमाने च भूभागे यादासावार्थो न दृश्यते तदा दुष्टबुद्धिः स्वशिरस्ताडयन् ससम्भ्रममब्रवीत्...
  khanyamāne ca bhūbhāge yādāsāvārtho na dṛśyate tadā duṣṭabuddhiḥ svaśirastāḍayan sasambhramamabravīt...
  having dug the plot of land and not having seen such money, Duṣṭabuddhi, knocking his own head, said with embarrassment...

Conjugation

Present: खनति (khánati), खनते (khánate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	खनति khánati	खनतः khánataḥ	खनन्ति khánanti	खनते khánate	खनेते khánete	खनन्ते khánante
Second	खनसि khánasi	खनथः khánathaḥ	खनथ khánatha	खनसे khánase	खनेथे khánethe	खनध्वे khánadhve
First	खनामि khánāmi	खनावः khánāvaḥ	खनामः / खनामसि¹ khánāmaḥ / khánāmasi¹	खने kháne	खनावहे khánāvahe	खनामहे khánāmahe
Imperative
Third	खनतु khánatu	खनताम् khánatām	खनन्तु khánantu	खनताम् khánatām	खनेताम् khánetām	खनन्ताम् khánantām
Second	खन khána	खनतम् khánatam	खनत khánata	खनस्व khánasva	खनेथाम् khánethām	खनध्वम् khánadhvam
First	खनानि khánāni	खनाव khánāva	खनाम khánāma	खनै khánai	खनावहै khánāvahai	खनामहै khánāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	खनेत् khánet	खनेताम् khánetām	खनेयुः kháneyuḥ	खनेत kháneta	खनेयाताम् kháneyātām	खनेरन् kháneran
Second	खनेः kháneḥ	खनेतम् khánetam	खनेत kháneta	खनेथाः khánethāḥ	खनेयाथाम् kháneyāthām	खनेध्वम् khánedhvam
First	खनेयम् kháneyam	खनेव kháneva	खनेम khánema	खनेय kháneya	खनेवहि khánevahi	खनेमहि khánemahi
Subjunctive
Third	खनात् / खनाति khánāt / khánāti	खनातः khánātaḥ	खनान् khánān	खनाते / खनातै khánāte / khánātai	खनैते khánaite	खनन्त / खनान्तै khánanta / khánāntai
Second	खनाः / खनासि khánāḥ / khánāsi	खनाथः khánāthaḥ	खनाथ khánātha	खनासे / खनासै khánāse / khánāsai	खनैथे khánaithe	खनाध्वै khánādhvai
First	खनानि khánāni	खनाव khánāva	खनाम khánāma	खनै khánai	खनावहै khánāvahai	खनामहै khánāmahai
Participles
	खनत् khánat			खनमान khánamāna
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic

Imperfect: अखनत् (ákhanat), अखनत (ákhanata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अखनत् ákhanat	अखनताम् ákhanatām	अखनन् ákhanan	अखनत ákhanata	अखनेताम् ákhanetām	अखनन्त ákhananta
Second	अखनः ákhanaḥ	अखनतम् ákhanatam	अखनत ákhanata	अखनथाः ákhanathāḥ	अखनेथाम् ákhanethām	अखनध्वम् ákhanadhvam
First	अखनम् ákhanam	अखनाव ákhanāva	अखनाम ákhanāma	अखने ákhane	अखनावहि ákhanāvahi	अखनामहि ákhanāmahi

Descendants

Dardic:
- Kashmiri: کھَنُن (khanun)
- Pashayi:
  - Northwest Pashayi: khan-
  - Southeast Pashayi: xan-
Pali: khanati, khāneti
- ⇒ Pali: khanāpeti
Prakrit: 𑀔𑀡𑀇 (khaṇaï)
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀔𑀡𑀤𑀺 (khaṇadi)
    - Hindustani: khannā
      Hindi: खनना
      Urdu: کَھنْنا (khannā)
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Assamese: খন্দা (khonda)
    - Bengali: খনা (khona)
- Northern:
  - Khasa Prakrit:
    - Central Pahari:
      - Garhwali: खण्नु (khaṇnu)
      - Kumaoni: खण्णो (khaṇṇo)
    - Eastern Pahari:
      - Nepali: खन्नु (khannu)
        ⇒ Nepali: खानाउनु (khānāunu)
- Northwestern:
  - Paisaci Prakrit:
    - Vracada Apabhramsa:
      - Sindhi: khaṇaṇu
        Arabic script: کَڻَڻُ
        
        Devanagari script: खणणु
- Southern:
  - Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀔𑀡𑀇 (khaṇaï)
    - Konkani: khaṇce, khaṇūka
      Devanagari script: खण्चे, खणूक
      Kannada script: ಖಣ್ಛೆ, ಖಂನೂಕ
      Latin script: khannche, khannuk
    - Old Marathi: 𑘏𑘜𑘜𑘹 (khaṇaṇe), 𑘏𑘰𑘜𑘜𑘹 (khāṇaṇe, “to dig”)
      - Marathi: (khaṇṇe)
        Devanagari script: खणणे
        Modi script: 𑘏𑘜𑘜𑘹
      - Varhadi: (khānna) (< Old Marathi 𑘏𑘰𑘜𑘜𑘹 (khāṇaṇe))
        Devanagari script: खाननं
        Modi script: 𑘏𑘰𑘡𑘡𑘽
    - Dhivehi: ކޮންނަނީ (kon̊nanī)
    - Sinhalese: කනිනවා (kaninawā)
- Western:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀔𑀡𑀤𑀺 (khaṇadi)
    - Hindustani: khannā
      Hindi: खनना
      Urdu: کَھنْنا (khannā)
    - Gujarati: ખાણવું (khāṇvũ)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “खनति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 336.