कण

See also: कोण

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कण (káṇa).

Noun

कण • (kaṇ) m

1. a speck, particle, atom

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Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कण (káṇa).

Noun

कण • (kaṇ) m

1. particle, atom

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• কণ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬡ (Balinese script)
• কণ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• ကဏ (Burmese script)
• કણ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਣ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌣 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦟ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂝 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಣ (Kannada script)
• កណ (Khmer script)
• ກຓ (Lao script)
• കണ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘜 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐞 (Newa script)
• କଣ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢠ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆟 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖜 (Siddham script)
• කණ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩪 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚘 (Takri script)
• கண (Tamil script)
• కణ (Telugu script)
• กณ (Thai script)
• ཀ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kánas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kánas, from Proto-Indo-European *kón-os, from *kón- (“dust, ashes”). Cognate with Latin cinis, Ancient Greek κόνις (kónis).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ́.ɳɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ.ɳɐ/

Noun

कण • (káṇa) stem, m

1. any minute particle, atom
2. a grain, grain of corn, single seed.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कण (káṇa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कणः káṇaḥ	कणौ / कणा¹ káṇau / káṇā¹	कणाः / कणासः¹ káṇāḥ / káṇāsaḥ¹
Vocative	कण káṇa	कणौ / कणा¹ káṇau / káṇā¹	कणाः / कणासः¹ káṇāḥ / káṇāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कणम् káṇam	कणौ / कणा¹ káṇau / káṇā¹	कणान् káṇān
Instrumental	कणेन káṇena	कणाभ्याम् káṇābhyām	कणैः / कणेभिः¹ káṇaiḥ / káṇebhiḥ¹
Dative	कणाय káṇāya	कणाभ्याम् káṇābhyām	कणेभ्यः káṇebhyaḥ
Ablative	कणात् káṇāt	कणाभ्याम् káṇābhyām	कणेभ्यः káṇebhyaḥ
Genitive	कणस्य káṇasya	कणयोः káṇayoḥ	कणानाम् káṇānām
Locative	कणे káṇe	कणयोः káṇayoḥ	कणेषु káṇeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Assamese: কণী (koni), কণা (kona), কনি (koni)
• → Hindi: कण (kaṇ)
• → Kannada: ಕಣ (kaṇa)
• → Malayalam: കണം (kaṇaṁ)
• → Marathi: कण (kaṇ)
• → Telugu: కణము (kaṇamu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 245/1.