कङ्कण

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কঙ্কণ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬗ᭄ᬓᬡ (Balinese script)
• কঙ্কণ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰒𑰿𑰎𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• ကင်္ကဏ (Burmese script)
• કઙ્કણ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਙ੍ਕਣ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌣 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦔ꧀ꦏꦟ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂑𑂹𑂍𑂝 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಙ್ಕಣ (Kannada script)
• កង្កណ (Khmer script)
• ກງ຺ກຓ (Lao script)
• കങ്കണ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᢛᡬᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘒𑘿𑘎𑘜 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢊᢉᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑦲𑧠𑦮𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐒𑑂𑐎𑐞 (Newa script)
• କଙ୍କଣ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢖ꣄ꢒꢠ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆕𑇀𑆑𑆟 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖒𑖿𑖎𑖜 (Siddham script)
• කඞ‍්කණ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩠 𑪙𑩜𑩪 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚎𑚶𑚊𑚘 (Takri script)
• கங்கண (Tamil script)
• కఙ్కణ (Telugu script)
• กงฺกณ (Thai script)
• ཀ་ངྐ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒓𑓂𑒏𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨏𑩇𑨋𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Monier-Williams links कङ्कण to the root कै (kai, “to sound”). Mayrhofer considers कङ्कण to be sound-imitative, from a repeating onomatopoeia कन्-कन् (kan-kan, “sound of clinking”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ́ŋ.kɐ.ɳɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐŋ.kɐ.ɳɐ/

Noun

कङ्कण • (kaṅkaṇa) stem, n

1. a bracelet; a bangle; an ornament for the wrist; a ring
2. a band or ribbon (tied around the wrist of a bride or bridegroom before marriage)
3. (generally) any ornament or trinket

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of कङ्कण (kaṅkaṇa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कङ्कणम् kaṅkaṇam	कङ्कणे kaṅkaṇe	कङ्कणानि / कङ्कणा¹ kaṅkaṇāni / kaṅkaṇā¹
Vocative	कङ्कण kaṅkaṇa	कङ्कणे kaṅkaṇe	कङ्कणानि / कङ्कणा¹ kaṅkaṇāni / kaṅkaṇā¹
Accusative	कङ्कणम् kaṅkaṇam	कङ्कणे kaṅkaṇe	कङ्कणानि / कङ्कणा¹ kaṅkaṇāni / kaṅkaṇā¹
Instrumental	कङ्कणेन kaṅkaṇena	कङ्कणाभ्याम् kaṅkaṇābhyām	कङ्कणैः / कङ्कणेभिः¹ kaṅkaṇaiḥ / kaṅkaṇebhiḥ¹
Dative	कङ्कणाय kaṅkaṇāya	कङ्कणाभ्याम् kaṅkaṇābhyām	कङ्कणेभ्यः kaṅkaṇebhyaḥ
Ablative	कङ्कणात् kaṅkaṇāt	कङ्कणाभ्याम् kaṅkaṇābhyām	कङ्कणेभ्यः kaṅkaṇebhyaḥ
Genitive	कङ्कणस्य kaṅkaṇasya	कङ्कणयोः kaṅkaṇayoḥ	कङ्कणानाम् kaṅkaṇānām
Locative	कङ्कणे kaṅkaṇe	कङ्कणयोः kaṅkaṇayoḥ	कङ्कणेषु kaṅkaṇeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: kangun

    Arabic script: کَنگَن

    Devanagari script: कंगुन्

• Pali: kaṅkana
• Prakrit: 𑀓𑀁𑀓𑀡 (kaṃkaṇa)
  • Central:
    • Awadhi: ककना (kaknā)
    • Hindustani: kaknā, kaknī
      • Hindi: ककना, ककनी
      • Urdu: ککنا, ککنی
  • Eastern:
    • Bengali: কাঁকন (kãkon)
    • Bihari: कँकना (kãknā), कँकनी (kãknī), ककना (kaknā)
  • Northern:
    • Bhadrawahi: कङ्कण (kaṅkaṇ)
  • Northwestern:
    • Sindhi: kaṅgaṇu, kaṅgiṇī

      Arabic script: ڪَنگَڻُ, ڪَنگِڻِي

      Devanagari script: कंगणु, कंगिणी

    • Punjabi: kaṅgaṇ, kaṅgan

      Gurmukhi script: ਕੰਗਣ, ਕੰਗਨ

      Shahmukhi script: کنگن, کنگن

      • → Hindustani: kaṅgan
        • Hindi: कंगन
        • Urdu: کنگن
      • → Bihari: कंग्ना (kãgnā), कंग्नी (kãgnī)
        • Bhojpuri: कंगना (kaṅgᵊnā)
      • → Marathi: कंगणी (kaṅgṇī)
      • → Nepali: कंग्ना (kaṅgnā)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कङ्कण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 242.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kaṅkaṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 128
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) “KAKH - kaṅkana”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 42