खाँग
Hindi
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
खाँग • (khāṅg) m
- (anatomy) horn, tusk (of a rhinoceros, boar, etc. but not of an elephant)
- (deprecated template usage) गैंडे का खाँग ― gaiṇḍe kā khāṅg ― rhinoceros horn
- Synonym: खँगुवा (khaṅguvā)
- Hypernym: सींग (sīṅg)
- (anatomy) talon, claw (of a bird)
- spike, thorn
Declension
References
- Hardev Bahri (2013) “खाँग”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khaḍgá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press