कनक
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Braj
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कनक (kánaka).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]कनक (kanak) m
- gold
- कनक खंभ मरकत मनि हों, हीराखचित अमोल ― kanak khambh markat mani hõ, hīrākhcit amol ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Hindi
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit कणिक (kaṇika). Doublet of कणिक (kaṇik) and कनिक (kanik).
Noun
[edit]कनक • (kanak) m (Urdu spelling کنک)
Declension
[edit]Declension of कनक (masc cons-stem)
Etymology 2
[edit]Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कनक (kánaka).
Noun
[edit]कनक • (kanak) m (Urdu spelling کنک) (rare, formal)
- gold
- thorn apple
- Synonym: (more common) धतूरा (dhatūrā)
Declension
[edit]Declension of कनक (masc cons-stem)
Further reading
[edit]- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कनक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “कनक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कनक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- কনক (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬦᬓ (Balinese script)
- কনক (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰡𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀦𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- ကနက (Burmese script)
- કનક (Gujarati script)
- ਕਨਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌨𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦤꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂢𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಕನಕ (Kannada script)
- កនក (Khmer script)
- ກນກ (Lao script)
- കനക (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠᠨᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘡𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᠨᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧁𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐣𑐎 (Newa script)
- କନକ (Odia script)
- ꢒꢥꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆤𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖡𑖎 (Siddham script)
- කනක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩯𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚝𑚊 (Takri script)
- கநக (Tamil script)
- కనక (Telugu script)
- กนก (Thai script)
- ཀ་ན་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒢𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨝𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]From कन् (kan, “to shine”, root) + -अक (-aka).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]कनक • (kánaka) stem
Declension
[edit]Masculine a-stem declension of कनक (kánaka) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | कनकः kánakaḥ |
कनकौ / कनका¹ kánakau / kánakā¹ |
कनकाः / कनकासः¹ kánakāḥ / kánakāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | कनक kánaka |
कनकौ / कनका¹ kánakau / kánakā¹ |
कनकाः / कनकासः¹ kánakāḥ / kánakāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | कनकम् kánakam |
कनकौ / कनका¹ kánakau / kánakā¹ |
कनकान् kánakān |
Instrumental | कनकेन kánakena |
कनकाभ्याम् kánakābhyām |
कनकैः / कनकेभिः¹ kánakaiḥ / kánakebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | कनकाय kánakāya |
कनकाभ्याम् kánakābhyām |
कनकेभ्यः kánakebhyaḥ |
Ablative | कनकात् kánakāt |
कनकाभ्याम् kánakābhyām |
कनकेभ्यः kánakebhyaḥ |
Genitive | कनकस्य kánakasya |
कनकयोः kánakayoḥ |
कनकानाम् kánakānām |
Locative | कनके kánake |
कनकयोः kánakayoḥ |
कनकेषु kánakeṣu |
Notes |
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Feminine ā-stem declension of कनका (kánakā) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | कनका kánakā |
कनके kánake |
कनकाः kánakāḥ |
Vocative | कनके kánake |
कनके kánake |
कनकाः kánakāḥ |
Accusative | कनकाम् kánakām |
कनके kánake |
कनकाः kánakāḥ |
Instrumental | कनकया / कनका¹ kánakayā / kánakā¹ |
कनकाभ्याम् kánakābhyām |
कनकाभिः kánakābhiḥ |
Dative | कनकायै kánakāyai |
कनकाभ्याम् kánakābhyām |
कनकाभ्यः kánakābhyaḥ |
Ablative | कनकायाः / कनकायै² kánakāyāḥ / kánakāyai² |
कनकाभ्याम् kánakābhyām |
कनकाभ्यः kánakābhyaḥ |
Genitive | कनकायाः / कनकायै² kánakāyāḥ / kánakāyai² |
कनकयोः kánakayoḥ |
कनकानाम् kánakānām |
Locative | कनकायाम् kánakāyām |
कनकयोः kánakayoḥ |
कनकासु kánakāsu |
Notes |
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Neuter a-stem declension of कनक (kánaka) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | कनकम् kánakam |
कनके kánake |
कनकानि / कनका¹ kánakāni / kánakā¹ |
Vocative | कनक kánaka |
कनके kánake |
कनकानि / कनका¹ kánakāni / kánakā¹ |
Accusative | कनकम् kánakam |
कनके kánake |
कनकानि / कनका¹ kánakāni / kánakā¹ |
Instrumental | कनकेन kánakena |
कनकाभ्याम् kánakābhyām |
कनकैः / कनकेभिः¹ kánakaiḥ / kánakebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | कनकाय kánakāya |
कनकाभ्याम् kánakābhyām |
कनकेभ्यः kánakebhyaḥ |
Ablative | कनकात् kánakāt |
कनकाभ्याम् kánakābhyām |
कनकेभ्यः kánakebhyaḥ |
Genitive | कनकस्य kánakasya |
कनकयोः kánakayoḥ |
कनकानाम् kánakānām |
Locative | कनके kánake |
कनकयोः kánakayoḥ |
कनकेषु kánakeṣu |
Notes |
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Noun
[edit]कनक • (kánaka) stem, m
- a kind of decoration
- name of several plants
Noun
[edit]कनक • (kánaka) stem, n
- gold
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:सुवर्ण
Declension
[edit]Neuter a-stem declension of कनक (kánaka) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | कनकम् kánakam |
कनके kánake |
कनकानि / कनका¹ kánakāni / kánakā¹ |
Vocative | कनक kánaka |
कनके kánake |
कनकानि / कनका¹ kánakāni / kánakā¹ |
Accusative | कनकम् kánakam |
कनके kánake |
कनकानि / कनका¹ kánakāni / kánakā¹ |
Instrumental | कनकेन kánakena |
कनकाभ्याम् kánakābhyām |
कनकैः / कनकेभिः¹ kánakaiḥ / kánakebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | कनकाय kánakāya |
कनकाभ्याम् kánakābhyām |
कनकेभ्यः kánakebhyaḥ |
Ablative | कनकात् kánakāt |
कनकाभ्याम् kánakābhyām |
कनकेभ्यः kánakebhyaḥ |
Genitive | कनकस्य kánakasya |
कनकयोः kánakayoḥ |
कनकानाम् kánakānām |
Locative | कनके kánake |
कनकयोः kánakayoḥ |
कनकेषु kánakeṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
[edit]- Pali: kanaka
- Prakrit: 𑀓𑀡𑀬 (kaṇaya)
- → Bengali: কনক (konok) (learned)
- → Hindi: कनक (kanak) (learned)
- → Braj: कनक (kanak) (learned)
Further reading
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “कनक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 248, column 2.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “कनक”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kánaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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