खनति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• খনতি (Assamese script)
• ᬔᬦᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• খনতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰏𑰡𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀔𑀦𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ခနတိ (Burmese script)
• ખનતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਖਨਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌖𑌨𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦑꦤꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂎𑂢𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಖನತಿ (Kannada script)
• ខនតិ (Khmer script)
• ຂນຕິ (Lao script)
• ഖനതി (Malayalam script)
• ᡘᠠᠨᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘏𑘡𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠻᠠᠨᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦯𑧁𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐏𑐣𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଖନତି (Odia script)
• ꢓꢥꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆒𑆤𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖏𑖡𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ඛනති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩝𑩯𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚋𑚝𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• க²நதி (Tamil script)
• ఖనతి (Telugu script)
• ขนติ (Thai script)
• ཁ་ན་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒐𑒢𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨌𑨝𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kánati, from *kan- (“to dig”), with unetymological aspiration of the first consonant. Cognate with Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬥- (kan-, “to dig”), 𐬎𐬯-𐬐𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬌 (us-kəṇti), Old Persian 𐎣𐎴- (kan-, “to dig”) whence Persian کندن (kandan, “to dig”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʰɐ́.nɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɐ.n̪ɐ.t̪i/

Verb

खनति • (khanati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root खन्)

1. to dig
   • c. 300 BCE, Pañcatantra Dharmabuddhi ca duṣṭabuddhi:

     खन्यमाने च भूभागे यादासावार्थो न दृश्यते तदा दुष्टबुद्धिः स्वशिरस्ताडयन् ससम्भ्रममब्रवीत्...

     khanyamāne ca bhūbhāge yādāsāvārtho na dṛśyate tadā duṣṭabuddhiḥ svaśirastāḍayan sasambhramamabravīt...

     having dug the plot of land and not having seen such money, Duṣṭabuddhi, knocking his own head, said with embarrassment...

Descendants

• Assamese: খন্দা (khonda)
• Dhivehi: ކޮންނަނީ (kon̊nanī)