کھنک
Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From کھنکنا (khanaknā, “to clink, jingle, clash, clatter”, verb), which is from Sanskrit खणखणायते (khaṇakhaṇāyate), from खणखणाय (khaṇakhaṇāya, “to utter or give out any peculiar sound, tick, tinkle, crack”, root), which is an onomatopoeia.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kʰə.nək/
Noun
[edit]کھنک • (khanak) f (Hindi spelling खनक)
- a ringing, clinking, jingling, tinkling, clashing or clanking sound
- clattering (as of dishes)
- the sound of wind
Declension
[edit]| Declension of کھنک | ||||||||
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| singular | plural | |||||||
| direct | کھنک (khanak) | کھنکیں (khanakẽ) | ||||||
| oblique | کھنک (khanak) | کھنکوں (khanakõ) | ||||||
| vocative | کھنک (khanak) | کھنکو (khanako) | ||||||
Further reading
[edit]- “کھنک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “खनक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.