कोङ्कण

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ᬓᭀᬗ᭄ᬓᬡ (Balinese script)
কোঙ্কণ (Assamese script)
কোঙ্কণ (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰺𑰒𑰿𑰎𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑁄𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀡 (Brahmi script)
𑌕𑍋𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌣 (Grantha script)
કોઙ્કણ (Gujarati script)
ਕੋਙੑਕਣ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦏꦺꦴꦔ꧀ꦏꦟ (Javanese script)
កោង្កណ (Khmer script)
ಕೋಙ್ಕಣ (Kannada script)
ໂກງ຺ກຓ (Lao script)
കോങ്കണ (Malayalam script)
𑘎𑘻𑘒𑘿𑘎𑘜 (Modi script)
ᢉᠣᠸᠠᢊᢉᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
ᡬᠣᢛᡬᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
ကောင်္ကဏ (Burmese script)
𑦮𑧜𑦲𑧠𑦮𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑑀𑐒𑑂𑐎𑐞 (Newa script)
କୋଙ୍କଣ (Oriya script)
ꢒꣂꢖ꣄ꢒꢠ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑆾𑆕𑇀𑆑𑆟 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖺𑖒𑖿𑖎𑖜 (Siddham script)
කෝඞ්කණ (Sinhalese script)
కోఙ్కణ (Telugu script)
โกงฺกณ (Thai script)
ཀོ་ངྐ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑒼𑒓𑓂𑒏𑒝 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

According to the Sahyadrikhanda, from कोण (koṇa, “corner”) + कण (kaṇa, “piece”), meaning "piece of earth" or "piece of corner."[1][2]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐwŋ.kɐ.ɳɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːŋ.kɐ.ɳɐ/

Noun

कोङ्कण • (koṅkaṇa) m pl

the people of the Konkan coast
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 6.9.60:
  कौकुट्टकास्तथा चोलाः कोङ्कणा मालवा नराः ।
  समङ्गाः करकाश्चैव कुकुराङ्गारमारिषाः ।।
  kaukuṭṭakāstathā colāḥ koṅkaṇā mālavā narāḥ .
  samaṅgāḥ karakāścaiva kukurāṅgāramāriṣāḥ ..
- 550 CE, Varāhamihira, Bṛhat Saṃhitā 14.12
- c. 1100, Kalhana, Rājataraṃgiṇī 4.159

Descendants

Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑁄𑀁𑀓𑀡 (koṃkaṇa)
⇒ Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑁄𑀁𑀓𑀡𑀅 (koṃkaṇaa)
- Old Marathi:
  Modi: 𑘎𑘻𑘎𑘜𑘰 (kokaṇā), 𑘎𑘻𑘽𑘎𑘜𑘰 (koṃkaṇā)
  
  Devanagari: कोकणा (kokaṇā), कोंकणा (koṃkaṇā)

Noun

कोङ्कण • (koṅkaṇa) n

a kind of weapon

References

Monier Williams (1899), “कोङ्कण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 312, column 2.

Shastri Gaytonde, Gajanan (ed.). Shree Scanda Puran (Sayadri Khandha) (in Marathi). Mumbai: Shree Katyani Publication.
Satoskar, B. D. Gomantak Prakruti ani Sanskruti. Part 1 (in Marathi). Shubhada Publication. p. 206.

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