कङ्कण

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

কঙ্কণ (Assamese script)
ᬓᬗ᭄ᬓᬡ (Balinese script)
কঙ্কণ (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰒𑰿𑰎𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀡 (Brahmi script)
ကင်္ကဏ (Burmese script)
કઙ્કણ (Gujarati script)
ਕਙ੍ਕਣ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌣 (Grantha script)
ꦏꦔ꧀ꦏꦟ (Javanese script)
𑂍𑂑𑂹𑂍𑂝 (Kaithi script)
ಕಙ್ಕಣ (Kannada script)
កង្កណ (Khmer script)
ກງ຺ກຓ (Lao script)
കങ്കണ (Malayalam script)
ᡬᠠᢛᡬᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘒𑘿𑘎𑘜 (Modi script)
ᢉᠠᢊᢉᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑦲𑧠𑦮𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑐒𑑂𑐎𑐞 (Newa script)
କଙ୍କଣ (Odia script)
ꢒꢖ꣄ꢒꢠ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑆕𑇀𑆑𑆟 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖒𑖿𑖎𑖜 (Siddham script)
කඞ‍්කණ (Sinhalese script)
𑩜𑩠 𑪙𑩜𑩪 (Soyombo script)
𑚊𑚎𑚶𑚊𑚘 (Takri script)
கங்கண (Tamil script)
కఙ్కణ (Telugu script)
กงฺกณ (Thai script)
ཀ་ངྐ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑒓𑓂𑒏𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑨏𑩇𑨋𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Monier-Williams links the term to the root कै (kai, “to sound”). Mayrhofer considers it to be sound-imitative, from a repeating onomatopoeia कन्-कन् (kan-kan, “sound of clinking”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ́ŋ.kɐ.ɳɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐŋ.kɐ.ɳɐ/

Noun

कङ्कण • (kaṅkaṇa) stem, n

a bracelet; a bangle; an ornament for the wrist; a ring
a band or ribbon (tied around the wrist of a bride or bridegroom before marriage)
(generally) any ornament or trinket

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of कङ्कण
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	कङ्कणम् kaṅkaṇam	कङ्कणे kaṅkaṇe	कङ्कणानि, कङ्कणा¹ kaṅkaṇāni, kaṅkaṇā¹
accusative	कङ्कणम् kaṅkaṇam	कङ्कणे kaṅkaṇe	कङ्कणानि, कङ्कणा¹ kaṅkaṇāni, kaṅkaṇā¹
instrumental	कङ्कणेन kaṅkaṇena	कङ्कणाभ्याम् kaṅkaṇābhyām	कङ्कणैः, कङ्कणेभिः¹ kaṅkaṇaiḥ, kaṅkaṇebhiḥ¹
dative	कङ्कणाय kaṅkaṇāya	कङ्कणाभ्याम् kaṅkaṇābhyām	कङ्कणेभ्यः kaṅkaṇebhyaḥ
ablative	कङ्कणात् kaṅkaṇāt	कङ्कणाभ्याम् kaṅkaṇābhyām	कङ्कणेभ्यः kaṅkaṇebhyaḥ
genitive	कङ्कणस्य kaṅkaṇasya	कङ्कणयोः kaṅkaṇayoḥ	कङ्कणानाम् kaṅkaṇānām
locative	कङ्कणे kaṅkaṇe	कङ्कणयोः kaṅkaṇayoḥ	कङ्कणेषु kaṅkaṇeṣu
vocative	कङ्कण kaṅkaṇa	कङ्कणे kaṅkaṇe	कङ्कणानि, कङ्कणा¹ kaṅkaṇāni, kaṅkaṇā¹

¹Vedic.

Descendants

Dardic:
- Kashmiri:
  Devanagari script: कंगुन् (kaṃgun)
  
  Arabic script: کَنگَن (kangan)
Pali: kaṅkana
Prakrit: 𑀓𑀁𑀓𑀡 (kaṃkaṇa)
- Central Indo-Aryan:
  - Awadhi: ककना (kaknā)
  - Hindustani: kaknā, kaknī
    Hindi: ककना, ककनी
    Urdu: کَکْنَا, کَکْنِی
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  - Bengali: কাঁকন (kãkon)
- Northern Indo-Aryan:
  - Bhadrawahi: कङ्कण (kaṅkaṇ)
- Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  - Sindhi: kaṅgaṇu, kaṅgiṇī
    Arabic script: ڪَنگَڻُ (kãgaṇu), ڪَنگِڻِي (kãgiṇī)
    Devanagari script: कंगणु, कंगिणी
    Khudabadi script: 𑊺𑋟𑊼𑋌𑋣 (kaṅgaṇu), 𑊺𑋟𑊼𑋡𑋌𑋢 (kaṅgiṇī)
  - Punjabi: kaṅgaṇ, kaṅgan
    Gurmukhi script: ਕੰਗਣ (kaṅgaṇ), ਕੰਗਨ (kaṅgan)
    Shahmukhi script: کَن٘گَن (kaṉgan), کَن٘گَݨ (kaṉgaṇ)
    - → Hindustani: kaṅgan
      Hindi: कंगन
      Urdu: کَن٘گَن
    - → Bhojpuri: kaṅgᵊnā
      Devanagari script: कंगना
      Kaithi script: 𑂍𑂁𑂏𑂢𑂰
    - → Marathi: kaṅgaṇī
      Balbodh script: कंगणी
      Modi script: 𑘎𑘽𑘐𑘜𑘲
    - → Nepali: कंग्ना (kaṅgnā)
→ Tamil: கங்கணம் (kaṅkaṇam)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “कङ्कण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 242.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kaṅkaṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 128
Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), “KAKH - kaṅkana”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 42