खणखणायते

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• খণখণায়তে (Assamese script)
• ᬔᬡᬔᬡᬵᬬᬢᬾ (Balinese script)
• খণখণায়তে (Bengali script)
• 𑰏𑰜𑰏𑰜𑰯𑰧𑰝𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀔𑀡𑀔𑀡𑀸𑀬𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• ခဏခဏာယတေ (Burmese script)
• ખણખણાયતે (Gujarati script)
• ਖਣਖਣਾਯਤੇ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌖𑌣𑌖𑌣𑌾𑌯𑌤𑍇 (Grantha script)
• ꦑꦟꦑꦟꦴꦪꦠꦺ (Javanese script)
• 𑂎𑂝𑂎𑂝𑂰𑂨𑂞𑂵 (Kaithi script)
• ಖಣಖಣಾಯತೇ (Kannada script)
• ខណខណាយតេ (Khmer script)
• ຂຓຂຓາຍເຕ (Lao script)
• ഖണഖണായതേ (Malayalam script)
• ᡘᠠᢏᠠᡘᠠᢏᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᠠᢠᡝ (Manchu script)
• 𑘏𑘜𑘏𑘜𑘰𑘧𑘝𑘹 (Modi script)
• ᠻᠠᢏᠠᠻᠠᢏᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠᢐᠧ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦯𑦼𑦯𑦼𑧑𑧇𑦽𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐏𑐞𑐏𑐞𑐵𑐫𑐟𑐾 (Newa script)
• ଖଣଖଣାଯତେ (Odia script)
• ꢓꢠꢓꢠꢵꢫꢡꢾ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆒𑆟𑆒𑆟𑆳𑆪𑆠𑆼 (Sharada script)
• 𑖏𑖜𑖏𑖜𑖯𑖧𑖝𑖸 (Siddham script)
• ඛණඛණායතෙ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩝𑩪𑩝𑩪𑩛𑩻𑩫𑩔 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚋𑚘𑚋𑚘𑚭𑚣𑚙𑚲 (Takri script)
• க²ணக²ணாயதே (Tamil script)
• ఖణఖణాయతే (Telugu script)
• ขณขณายเต (Thai script)
• ཁ་ཎ་ཁ་ཎཱ་ཡ་ཏེ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒐𑒝𑒐𑒝𑒰𑒨𑒞𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨌𑨘𑨌𑨘𑨊𑨪𑨙𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʰɐ.ɳɐ.kʰɐ.ɳɑː.jɐ.tɐj/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kʰɐ.ɳɐ.kʰɐˈɳɑː.jɐ.t̪eː/

Verb

खणखणायते • (khaṇakhaṇāyate) third-singular indicative (class 1, type A)

1. to utter or give out any peculiar sound, tick, tinkle, crack

Conjugation

Present: खणखणायते (khaṇakhaṇāyate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	खणखणायते khaṇakhaṇāyate	खणखणायेते khaṇakhaṇāyete	खणखणायन्ते khaṇakhaṇāyante
Second	- -	- -	- -	खणखणायसे khaṇakhaṇāyase	खणखणायेथे khaṇakhaṇāyethe	खणखणायध्वे khaṇakhaṇāyadhve
First	- -	- -	- -	खणखणाये khaṇakhaṇāye	खणखणायावहे khaṇakhaṇāyāvahe	खणखणायामहे khaṇakhaṇāyāmahe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	खणखणायताम् khaṇakhaṇāyatām	खणखणायेताम् khaṇakhaṇāyetām	खणखणायन्ताम् khaṇakhaṇāyantām
Second	- -	- -	- -	खणखणायस्व khaṇakhaṇāyasva	खणखणायेथाम् khaṇakhaṇāyethām	खणखणायध्वम् khaṇakhaṇāyadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	खणखणायै khaṇakhaṇāyai	खणखणायावहै khaṇakhaṇāyāvahai	खणखणायामहै khaṇakhaṇāyāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	खणखणायेत khaṇakhaṇāyeta	खणखणायेयाताम् khaṇakhaṇāyeyātām	खणखणायेरन् khaṇakhaṇāyeran
Second	- -	- -	- -	खणखणायेथाः khaṇakhaṇāyethāḥ	खणखणायेयाथाम् khaṇakhaṇāyeyāthām	खणखणायेध्वम् khaṇakhaṇāyedhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	खणखणायेय khaṇakhaṇāyeya	खणखणायेवहि khaṇakhaṇāyevahi	खणखणायेमहि khaṇakhaṇāyemahi
Subjunctive
Third	- -	- -	- -	खणखणायाते / खणखणायातै khaṇakhaṇāyāte / khaṇakhaṇāyātai	खणखणायैते khaṇakhaṇāyaite	खणखणायन्त / खणखणायान्तै khaṇakhaṇāyanta / khaṇakhaṇāyāntai
Second	- -	- -	- -	खणखणायासे / खणखणायासै khaṇakhaṇāyāse / khaṇakhaṇāyāsai	खणखणायैथे khaṇakhaṇāyaithe	खणखणायाध्वै khaṇakhaṇāyādhvai
First	- -	- -	- -	खणखणायै khaṇakhaṇāyai	खणखणायावहै khaṇakhaṇāyāvahai	खणखणायामहै khaṇakhaṇāyāmahai
Participles
	- -			खणखणायमान khaṇakhaṇāyamāna
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit.

Imperfect: अखणखणायत (ákhaṇakhaṇāyata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	अखणखणायत ákhaṇakhaṇāyata	अखणखणायेताम् ákhaṇakhaṇāyetām	अखणखणायन्त ákhaṇakhaṇāyanta
Second	- -	- -	- -	अखणखणायथाः ákhaṇakhaṇāyathāḥ	अखणखणायेथाम् ákhaṇakhaṇāyethām	अखणखणायध्वम् ákhaṇakhaṇāyadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	अखणखणाये ákhaṇakhaṇāye	अखणखणायावहि ákhaṇakhaṇāyāvahi	अखणखणायामहि ákhaṇakhaṇāyāmahi

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “खणखणायते”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 335.