کشن

Urdu

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa). Doublet of کرشن (kirśn) and کنھیا (kanhaiyā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kɪ.ʃən/

Proper noun

کِشَن • (kiśan) m (Hindi spelling किशन)

1. (Hinduism) Krishna
2. a male given name, Kishan, from Sanskrit, of Hindu usage

Declension

Declension of کشن
	singular
direct	کِشَن (kiśan)
oblique	کِشَن (kiśan)
vocative	کِشَن (kiśan)

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “کشن”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “کشن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.