खाँग

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit, from Sanskrit खाड्ग (khāḍga, “coming from a rhinoceros”).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kʰɑːŋɡ/, [kʰä̃ːŋɡ]

Noun

खाँग • (khāṅg) m (Urdu spelling کھانگ‎)

(anatomy) horn, tusk (of a rhinoceros, boar, etc. but not of an elephant)
गैंडे का खाँग ― gaiṇḍe kā khāṅg ― rhinoceros horn

Synonym: खँगुवा (khaṅguvā)

Hypernym: सींग (sīṅg)
(anatomy) talon, claw (of a bird)
spike, thorn

Declension

Declension of खाँग (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	खाँग khāṅg	खाँग khāṅg
oblique	खाँग khāṅg	खाँगों khāṅgõ
vocative	खाँग khāṅg	खाँगो khāṅgo

References

Hardev Bahri (2013), “खाँग”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश, Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “khaḍgá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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