कण

See also: कोण

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कण (káṇa).

Noun

कण • (kaṇ) m

  1. speck, particle, atom

Declension
Declension of कण (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct कण
kaṇ		 कण
kaṇ
oblique कण
kaṇ		 कणों
kaṇõ
vocative कण
kaṇ		 कणो
kaṇo

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कण (kaṇa).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kəɳ/

Noun

कण • (kaṇ) m

  1. particle, atom

Declension
Declension of कण (kaṇ)
direct
singular		 कण
kaṇ
direct
plural		 कण
kaṇ
singular plural
nominative कण
kaṇ		 कण
kaṇ
oblique कणा-
kaṇā-		 कणां-
kaṇāN-
dative कणाला
kaṇālā		 कणांना
kaṇāNnā
ergative कणाने
kaṇāne		 कणांनी
kaṇāNni
instrumental कणाशी
kaṇāśi		 कणांशी
kaṇāNśi
locative कणात
kaṇāt		 कणांत
kaṇāNt
vocative कणा
kaṇā		 कणांनो
kaṇāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of कण
masculine object feminine object neuter object oblique
singular plural singular plural singular* plural
singular subject कणाचा
kaṇāċā		 कणाचे
kaṇāce		 कणाची
kaṇāci		 कणाच्या
kaṇāca		 कणाचे, कणाचं
kaṇāce, kaṇāċa		 कणाची
kaṇāci		 कणाच्या
kaṇāca
plural subject कणांचा
kaṇāNċā		 कणांचे
kaṇāNce		 कणांची
kaṇāNci		 कणांच्या
kaṇāNca		 कणांचे, कणांचं
kaṇāNce, kaṇāNċa		 कणांची
kaṇāNci		 कणांच्या
kaṇāNca
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
  • ᬓᬡ (Balinese script)
  • কণ (Assamese script)
  • কণ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰎𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀓𑀡 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌕𑌣 (Grantha script)
  • કણ (Gujarati script)
  • ਕਣ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦏꦟ (Javanese script)
  • កណ (Khmer script)
  • ಕಣ (Kannada script)
  • ກຓ (Lao script)
  • കണ (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘎𑘜 (Modi script)
  • ᢉᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • ᡬᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
  • ကဏ (Burmese script)
  • 𑦮𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐎𑐞 (Newa script)
  • କଣ (Oriya script)
  • ꢒꢠ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆑𑆟 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖎𑖜 (Siddham script)
  • කණ (Sinhalese script)
  • కణ (Telugu script)
  • กณ (Thai script)
  • ཀ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒏𑒝 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kánas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kánas, from Proto-Indo-European *kón-os, from *kón- (“dust, ashes”). Cognate with Latin cinis, Ancient Greek κόνις (kónis).

Pronunciation

Noun

कण • (káṇa) m

  1. any minute particle, atom
  2. a grain, grain of corn, single seed

Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of कण (káṇa)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कणः
káṇaḥ		 कणौ
káṇau		 कणाः / कणासः¹
káṇāḥ / káṇāsaḥ¹
Vocative कण
káṇa		 कणौ
káṇau		 कणाः / कणासः¹
káṇāḥ / káṇāsaḥ¹
Accusative कणम्
káṇam		 कणौ
káṇau		 कणान्
káṇān
Instrumental कणेन
káṇena		 कणाभ्याम्
káṇābhyām		 कणैः / कणेभिः¹
káṇaiḥ / káṇebhiḥ¹
Dative कणाय
káṇāya		 कणाभ्याम्
káṇābhyām		 कणेभ्यः
káṇebhyaḥ
Ablative कणात्
káṇāt		 कणाभ्याम्
káṇābhyām		 कणेभ्यः
káṇebhyaḥ
Genitive कणस्य
káṇasya		 कणयोः
káṇayoḥ		 कणानाम्
káṇānām
Locative कणे
káṇe		 कणयोः
káṇayoḥ		 कणेषु
káṇeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants
  • Assamese: কণী (koni), কণা (kona), কনি (koni)
  • Punjabi: ਕਣ (kaṇ)
  • → Gujarati: કણ (kaṇ)
  • → Hindi: कण (kaṇ)
  • → Kannada: ಕಣ (kaṇa)
  • → Malayalam: കണം (kaṇaṃ)
  • → Marathi: कण (kaṇ)
  • → Telugu: కణము (kaṇamu)

References
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