खनन

See also: खिन्न

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit खनन (khanana).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /kʰə.nən/, [kʰɐ.nɐ̃n]

Noun

खनन • (khanan) m (Urdu spelling کَھنَن)

1. digging, excavating

Declension

Declension of खनन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	खनन khanan	खनन khanan
oblique	खनन khanan	खननों khananõ
vocative	खनन khanan	खननो khanano

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “खनन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “खनन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• খনন (Assamese script)
• ᬔᬦᬦ (Balinese script)
• খনন (Bengali script)
• 𑰏𑰡𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀔𑀦𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ခနန (Burmese script)
• ખનન (Gujarati script)
• ਖਨਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌖𑌨𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦑꦤꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂎𑂢𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಖನನ (Kannada script)
• ខនន (Khmer script)
• ຂນນ (Lao script)
• ഖനന (Malayalam script)
• ᡘᠠᠨᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘏𑘡𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠻᠠᠨᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦯𑧁𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐏𑐣𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଖନନ (Odia script)
• ꢓꢥꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆒𑆤𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖏𑖡𑖡 (Siddham script)
• ඛනන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩝𑩯𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚋𑚝𑚝 (Takri script)
• க²நந (Tamil script)
• ఖనన (Telugu script)
• ขนน (Thai script)
• ཁ་ན་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒐𑒢𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨌𑨝𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Derived from the root खन् (khan) +‎ -अन (-ana).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʰɐ.nɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kʰɐ.n̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

खनन • (khanana) stem, n

1. the act of digging or excavating
2. digging into the earth, burying

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of खनन

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	खननम् (khananam)	खनने (khanane)	खननानि (khananāni) खनना¹ (khananā¹)
accusative	खननम् (khananam)	खनने (khanane)	खननानि (khananāni) खनना¹ (khananā¹)
instrumental	खननेन (khananena)	खननाभ्याम् (khananābhyām)	खननैः (khananaiḥ) खननेभिः¹ (khananebhiḥ¹)
dative	खननाय (khananāya)	खननाभ्याम् (khananābhyām)	खननेभ्यः (khananebhyaḥ)
ablative	खननात् (khananāt)	खननाभ्याम् (khananābhyām)	खननेभ्यः (khananebhyaḥ)
genitive	खननस्य (khananasya)	खननयोः (khananayoḥ)	खननानाम् (khananānām)
locative	खनने (khanane)	खननयोः (khananayoḥ)	खननेषु (khananeṣu)
vocative	खनन (khanana)	खनने (khanane)	खननानि (khananāni) खनना¹ (khananā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Telugu: ఖననము (khananamu)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: खनन (khanan)

  Urdu: کَھنَن (khanan)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “खनन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 336, column 3.