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)
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)
vocative	कण्ठ (káṇṭha)	कण्ठौ (káṇṭhau) कण्ठा¹ (káṇṭhā¹)	कण्ठाः (káṇṭhāḥ) कण्ठासः¹ (káṇṭhāsaḥ¹)

• 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