खण्ड

Hindi

Alternative forms

• खंड (khaṇḍ)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa).

Noun

खण्ड • (khaṇḍ) m (Urdu spelling کھنڈ)

1. section, chapter
2. piece, fragment, part
3. block
4. scrap, morsel

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• काण्ड (kā́ṇḍa)
• काण्ड (kāṇḍá)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• খণ্ড (Assamese script)
• ᬔᬡ᭄ᬟ (Balinese script)
• খণ্ড (Bengali script)
• 𑰏𑰜𑰿𑰚 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀔𑀡𑁆𑀟 (Brahmi script)
• ခဏ္ဍ (Burmese script)
• ખણ્ડ (Gujarati script)
• ਖਣ੍ਡ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌖𑌣𑍍𑌡 (Grantha script)
• ꦑꦟ꧀ꦝ (Javanese script)
• 𑂎𑂝𑂹𑂙 (Kaithi script)
• ಖಣ್ಡ (Kannada script)
• ខណ្ឌ (Khmer script)
• ຂຓ຺ຑ (Lao script)
• ഖണ്ഡ (Malayalam script)
• ᡘᠠᢏᡷᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘏𑘜𑘿𑘚 (Modi script)
• ᠻᠠᢏᢎᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦯𑦼𑧠𑦺 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐏𑐞𑑂𑐜 (Newa script)
• ଖଣ୍ଡ (Odia script)
• ꢓꢠ꣄ꢞ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆒𑆟𑇀𑆝 (Sharada script)
• 𑖏𑖜𑖿𑖚 (Siddham script)
• ඛණ‍්ඩ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩝𑩪 𑪙𑩨 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚋𑚘𑚶𑚖 (Takri script)
• க²ண்ட³ (Tamil script)
• ఖణ్డ (Telugu script)
• ขณฺฑ (Thai script)
• ཁ་ཎྜ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒐𑒝𑓂𑒛 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨌𑨘𑩇𑨖 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

खण्ड • (khaṇḍa) stem, m or n

1. chip, piece, slice, bit, portion, fragment
2. clause, chapter, section (of a document)
3. candied sugar or dried molasses
4. (archaic) a variety of sugar cane

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of खण्ड (khaṇḍa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	खण्डः khaṇḍaḥ	खण्डौ / खण्डा¹ khaṇḍau / khaṇḍā¹	खण्डाः / खण्डासः¹ khaṇḍāḥ / khaṇḍāsaḥ¹
Vocative	खण्ड khaṇḍa	खण्डौ / खण्डा¹ khaṇḍau / khaṇḍā¹	खण्डाः / खण्डासः¹ khaṇḍāḥ / khaṇḍāsaḥ¹
Accusative	खण्डम् khaṇḍam	खण्डौ / खण्डा¹ khaṇḍau / khaṇḍā¹	खण्डान् khaṇḍān
Instrumental	खण्डेन khaṇḍena	खण्डाभ्याम् khaṇḍābhyām	खण्डैः / खण्डेभिः¹ khaṇḍaiḥ / khaṇḍebhiḥ¹
Dative	खण्डाय khaṇḍāya	खण्डाभ्याम् khaṇḍābhyām	खण्डेभ्यः khaṇḍebhyaḥ
Ablative	खण्डात् khaṇḍāt	खण्डाभ्याम् khaṇḍābhyām	खण्डेभ्यः khaṇḍebhyaḥ
Genitive	खण्डस्य khaṇḍasya	खण्डयोः khaṇḍayoḥ	खण्डानाम् khaṇḍānām
Locative	खण्डे khaṇḍe	खण्डयोः khaṇḍayoḥ	खण्डेषु khaṇḍeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Assamese: -খন (-khon)
  • Assamese: খণ্ড (khondo)
• → Telugu: ఖండము (khaṇḍamu)
• → Persian: کند
  • → Arabic: قند
    • → Old French: sucre candi
      • → Middle English: candy
        • English: candy
    • → Persian: قند

References

• “Sanskrit Dictionary for Spoken Sanskrit”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], 2012 March 6 (last accessed)