कंगन

Hindi

Alternative forms

• कंगना (kaṅgnā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Punjabi ਕੰਗਣ (kaṅgaṇ), ਕੰਗਨ (kaṅgan), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀁𑀓𑀡 (kaṃkaṇa), from Sanskrit कङ्कण (kaṅkaṇa). Doublet of ककना (kaknā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kəŋ.ɡən/, [kɐ̃ŋ.ɡɐ̃n]

Noun

कंगन • (kaṅgan) m (Urdu spelling کنگن)

1. bangle, bracelet, usually made of metal

Declension

Declension of कंगन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कंगन kaṅgan	कंगन kaṅgan
oblique	कंगन kaṅgan	कंगनों kaṅganõ
vocative	कंगन kaṅgan	कंगनो kaṅgano

Descendants

• → Bihari: कंगना (kãgnā)
• → Bhojpuri: कंना (kannā)
• → Marathi: कंगण (kaṅgaṇ), कंगणी (kaṅgṇī)
• → Nepali: कङ्गना (kaṅganā), कङ्ग्ना (kaṅgnā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कंगन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 152
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kaṅkaṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 128