खण्डन

Sanskrit

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʰɐɳ.ɖɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɐɳ.ɖɐ.n̪ɐ/

Adjective

खण्डन • (khaṇḍana) stem

1. breaking, cutting, destroying
2. destroying, annihilating

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀔𑀡𑁆𑀟𑀡 (khaṇḍaṇa), 𑀔𑀡𑁆𑀟𑀡𑀸 (khaṇḍaṇā)
  • Gujarati: ખાંડણું (khā̃ḍṇũ), ખાંડણી (khā̃ḍṇī), ખાંડણિયો (khā̃ḍṇiyo), ખાંયણી (khā̃yaṇī), ખાંયણિયો (khā̃yaṇiyo), ખાણ્ણી (khāṇṇī), ખાણિયો (khāṇiyo)
• → Tamil: கெண்டை (keṇṭai)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “खण्डन”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khaṇḍana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press