कण्ठ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কণ্ঠ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬡ᭄ᬞ (Balinese script)
• কণ্ঠ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰜𑰿𑰙 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀞 (Brahmi script)
• ကဏ္ဌ (Burmese script)
• કણ્ઠ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਣ੍ਠ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌣𑍍𑌠 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦟ꧀ꦜ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂝𑂹𑂘 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಣ್ಠ (Kannada script)
• កណ្ឋ (Khmer script)
• ກຓ຺ຐ (Lao script)
• കണ്ഠ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᢏᡱᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘜𑘿𑘙 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢏᢍᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑦼𑧠𑦹 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐞𑑂𑐛 (Newa script)
• କଣ୍ଠ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢠ꣄ꢝ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆟𑇀𑆜 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖜𑖿𑖙 (Siddham script)
• කණ‍්ඨ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩪 𑪙𑩧 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚘𑚶𑚕 (Takri script)
• கண்ட² (Tamil script)
• కణ్ఠ (Telugu script)
• กณฺฐ (Thai script)
• ཀ་ཎྛ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒝𑓂𑒚 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨘𑩇𑨕 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Dravidian, compare Kannada ಗಣ್ಟಲು (gaṇṭalu, “throat”), Tulu ಕಂಟೆಲ್ (kaṇṭelŭ). The Indo-Aryan and Dravidian terms might both be of ultimate Munda origin.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐɳ.ʈʰɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐɳ.ʈʰɐ/

Noun

कण्ठ • (kaṇṭhá) stem, m

1. (anatomy) throat, neck
2. the narrowest part of something
3. (anatomy) voice box
4. voice
5. guttural sound

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कण्ठ

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	कण्ठः (kaṇṭháḥ)	कण्ठौ (kaṇṭhaú) कण्ठा¹ (kaṇṭhā́¹)	कण्ठाः (kaṇṭhā́ḥ) कण्ठासः¹ (kaṇṭhā́saḥ¹)
vocative	कण्ठ (káṇṭha)	कण्ठौ (káṇṭhau) कण्ठा¹ (káṇṭhā¹)	कण्ठाः (káṇṭhāḥ) कण्ठासः¹ (káṇṭhāsaḥ¹)
accusative	कण्ठम् (kaṇṭhám)	कण्ठौ (kaṇṭhaú) कण्ठा¹ (kaṇṭhā́¹)	कण्ठान् (kaṇṭhā́n)
instrumental	कण्ठेन (kaṇṭhéna)	कण्ठाभ्याम् (kaṇṭhā́bhyām)	कण्ठैः (kaṇṭhaíḥ) कण्ठेभिः¹ (kaṇṭhébhiḥ¹)
dative	कण्ठाय (kaṇṭhā́ya)	कण्ठाभ्याम् (kaṇṭhā́bhyām)	कण्ठेभ्यः (kaṇṭhébhyaḥ)
ablative	कण्ठात् (kaṇṭhā́t)	कण्ठाभ्याम् (kaṇṭhā́bhyām)	कण्ठेभ्यः (kaṇṭhébhyaḥ)
genitive	कण्ठस्य (kaṇṭhásya)	कण्ठयोः (kaṇṭháyoḥ)	कण्ठानाम् (kaṇṭhā́nām)
locative	कण्ठे (kaṇṭhé)	कण्ठयोः (kaṇṭháyoḥ)	कण्ठेषु (kaṇṭhéṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: कंठ (kaṇṭh)
• → Kannada: ಕಂಠ (kaṇṭha)
• → Punjabi: ਕੰਠ (kaṇṭh)
• → Telugu: కంఠము (kaṇṭhamu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कण्ठ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 245, column 3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 292
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kaṇṭhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 134