कदन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कदन (kadana).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kə.d̪ən/, [kɐ.d̪ɐ̃n]

Noun

कदन • (kadan) m

1. death; destruction, ruination

   Synonym: विनाश (vināś)

2. violence, bloodshed

Declension

Declension of कदन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कदन kadan	कदन kadan
oblique	कदन kadan	कदनों kadanõ
vocative	कदन kadan	कदनो kadano

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कदन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कदन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কদন (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬤᬦ (Balinese script)
• কদন (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰟𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀤𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ကဒန (Burmese script)
• કદન (Gujarati script)
• ਕਦਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌦𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦢꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂠𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಕದನ (Kannada script)
• កទន (Khmer script)
• ກທນ (Lao script)
• കദന (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᡩᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘟𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢑᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑦿𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐡𑐣 (Newa script)
• କଦନ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢣꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆢𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖟𑖡 (Siddham script)
• කදන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩭𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚛𑚝 (Takri script)
• கத³ந (Tamil script)
• కదన (Telugu script)
• กทน (Thai script)
• ཀ་ད་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒠𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨛𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Possibly related to Ancient Greek κέκᾰδον (kékădon, “to deprive”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.dɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐ.d̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

कदन • (kadana) stem, n

1. destruction, killing, slaughter

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of कदन

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	कदनम् (kadanam)	कदने (kadane)	कदनानि (kadanāni) कदना¹ (kadanā¹)
accusative	कदनम् (kadanam)	कदने (kadane)	कदनानि (kadanāni) कदना¹ (kadanā¹)
instrumental	कदनेन (kadanena)	कदनाभ्याम् (kadanābhyām)	कदनैः (kadanaiḥ) कदनेभिः¹ (kadanebhiḥ¹)
dative	कदनाय (kadanāya)	कदनाभ्याम् (kadanābhyām)	कदनेभ्यः (kadanebhyaḥ)
ablative	कदनात् (kadanāt)	कदनाभ्याम् (kadanābhyām)	कदनेभ्यः (kadanebhyaḥ)
genitive	कदनस्य (kadanasya)	कदनयोः (kadanayoḥ)	कदनानाम् (kadanānām)
locative	कदने (kadane)	कदनयोः (kadanayoḥ)	कदनेषु (kadaneṣu)
vocative	कदन (kadana)	कदने (kadane)	कदनानि (kadanāni) कदना¹ (kadanā¹)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कदन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 247/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 53
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 149