क्षण

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit क्षण (kṣaṇa). Compare Rajasthani छण (chaṇ), Gujarati ક્ષણ (kṣaṇ), Chinese 剎那刹那 (chànà). Doublet of छिन (chin).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kʂəɳ/, [kʃə̃ɳ]

Noun

क्षण (kṣaṇ) m (Urdu spelling کشن)

  1. instant, blink of an eye (a short amount of time)
  2. moment

Declension

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit क्षण (kṣaṇa). Compare Rajasthani छण (chaṇ), Gujarati ક્ષણ (kṣaṇ), Chinese 剎那刹那 (chànà).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʂəɳ/
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Noun

क्षण (kṣaṇ) m

  1. moment, instant (a short amount of time)

Declension

Declension of क्षण (kṣaṇ)
direct
singular
क्षण
kṣaṇ
direct
plural
क्षण
kṣaṇ
singular plural
nominative क्षण
kṣaṇ
क्षण
kṣaṇ
oblique क्षणा-
kṣaṇā-
क्षणां-
kṣaṇāN-
dative क्षणाला
kṣaṇālā
क्षणांना
kṣaṇāNnā
ergative क्षणाने
kṣaṇāne
क्षणांनी
kṣaṇāNni
instrumental क्षणाशी
kṣaṇāśi
क्षणांशी
kṣaṇāNśi
locative क्षणात
kṣaṇāt
क्षणांत
kṣaṇāNt
vocative क्षणा
kṣaṇā
क्षणांनो
kṣaṇāNno
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 क्षण
masculine object feminine object neuter object oblique
singular plural singular plural singular* plural
singular subject क्षणाचा
kṣaṇāċā
क्षणाचे
kṣaṇāce
क्षणाची
kṣaṇāci
क्षणाच्या
kṣaṇāca
क्षणाचे, क्षणाचं
kṣaṇāce, kṣaṇāċa
क्षणाची
kṣaṇāci
क्षणाच्या
kṣaṇāca
plural subject क्षणांचा
kṣaṇāNċā
क्षणांचे
kṣaṇāNce
क्षणांची
kṣaṇāNci
क्षणांच्या
kṣaṇāNca
क्षणांचे, क्षणांचं
kṣaṇāNce, kṣaṇāNċa
क्षणांची
kṣaṇāNci
क्षणांच्या
kṣaṇāNca
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “क्षण”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), क्षण”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

क्षण (kṣaṇa) m

  1. any instantaneous point of time, an instant, a moment
  2. leisure moment, vacant time
  3. a suitable or fit moment, an opportunity
  4. a festival

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of क्षण (kṣaṇa)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative क्षणः
kṣaṇaḥ
क्षणौ
kṣaṇau
क्षणाः / क्षणासः¹
kṣaṇāḥ / kṣaṇāsaḥ¹
Vocative क्षण
kṣaṇa
क्षणौ
kṣaṇau
क्षणाः / क्षणासः¹
kṣaṇāḥ / kṣaṇāsaḥ¹
Accusative क्षणम्
kṣaṇam
क्षणौ
kṣaṇau
क्षणान्
kṣaṇān
Instrumental क्षणेन
kṣaṇena
क्षणाभ्याम्
kṣaṇābhyām
क्षणैः / क्षणेभिः¹
kṣaṇaiḥ / kṣaṇebhiḥ¹
Dative क्षणाय
kṣaṇāya
क्षणाभ्याम्
kṣaṇābhyām
क्षणेभ्यः
kṣaṇebhyaḥ
Ablative क्षणात्
kṣaṇāt
क्षणाभ्याम्
kṣaṇābhyām
क्षणेभ्यः
kṣaṇebhyaḥ
Genitive क्षणस्य
kṣaṇasya
क्षणयोः
kṣaṇayoḥ
क्षणानाम्
kṣaṇānām
Locative क्षणे
kṣaṇe
क्षणयोः
kṣaṇayoḥ
क्षणेषु
kṣaṇeṣu
Notes
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Descendants

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