कन्

See also: कम

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কন্ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
• কন্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ကန် (Burmese script)
• કન્ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಕೝ (Kannada script)
• កន៑ (Khmer script)
• ກນ຺ (Lao script)
• കന് (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
• କନ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
• කන් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
• கந் (Tamil script)
• కౝ (Telugu script)
• กนฺ (Thai script)
• ཀ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanH- (“to love, take pleasure in”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kenh₂- (“to be pleased, enjoy”), infixed nasal stem of *keh₂- (“to like, wish”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐn/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐn̪/

Root

कन् • (kan)

1. to be satisfied or pleased
2. to agree to, accept with satisfaction

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 248.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 017
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “कन्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016