कँगनी

Hindi

Alternative forms

• कंगनी (kaṅgnī)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit कङ्गुनी (kaṅgunī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kəŋɡ.niː/, [kɐ̃ŋɡ.niː]

Noun

कँगनी • (kaṅgnī) f (Urdu spelling کنگنی)

1. foxtail millet, Setaria italica

   Synonyms: काकनी (kāknī), कौणी (kauṇī)

Declension

Declension of कँगनी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कँगनी kaṅgnī	कँगनियाँ kaṅgniyā̃
oblique	कँगनी kaṅgnī	कँगनियों kaṅgniyõ
vocative	कँगनी kaṅgnī	कँगनियो kaṅgniyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कँगनी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press