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)
vocative	कदन (kadana)	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)

• 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