कोङ्कण

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কোঙ্কণ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᭀᬗ᭄ᬓᬡ (Balinese script)
• কোঙ্কণ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰺𑰒𑰿𑰎𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑁄𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• ကောင်္ကဏ (Burmese script)
• કોઙ્કણ (Gujarati script)
• ਕੋਙ੍ਕਣ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍋𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌣 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦺꦴꦔ꧀ꦏꦟ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂷𑂑𑂹𑂍𑂝 (Kaithi script)
• ಕೋಙ್ಕಣ (Kannada script)
• កោង្កណ (Khmer script)
• ໂກງ຺ກຓ (Lao script)
• കോങ്കണ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠣᢛᡬᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘻𑘒𑘿𑘎𑘜 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠣᠸᠠᢊᢉᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧜𑦲𑧠𑦮𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑑀𑐒𑑂𑐎𑐞 (Newa script)
• କୋଙ୍କଣ (Odia script)
• ꢒꣂꢖ꣄ꢒꢠ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆾𑆕𑇀𑆑𑆟 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖺𑖒𑖿𑖎𑖜 (Siddham script)
• කොඞ‍්කණ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩕𑩠 𑪙𑩜𑩪 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚴𑚎𑚶𑚊𑚘 (Takri script)
• கோங்கண (Tamil script)
• కోఙ్కణ (Telugu script)
• โกงฺกณ (Thai script)
• ཀོ་ངྐ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒼𑒓𑓂𑒏𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨆𑨏𑩇𑨋𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

According to the Sahyadrikhanda, from कोण (koṇa, “corner”) + कण (kaṇa, “piece”), meaning "piece of earth" or "piece of corner."

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐwŋ.kɐ.ɳɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːŋ.kɐ.ɳɐ/

Noun

कोङ्कण • (koṅkaṇa) stem, m pl

1. the people of the Konkan coast
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 6.9.60:

     कौकुट्टकास्तथा चोलाः कोङ्कणा मालवा नराः ।
     समङ्गाः करकाश्चैव कुकुराङ्गारमारिषाः ॥

     kaukuṭṭakāstathā colāḥ koṅkaṇā mālavā narāḥ.
     samaṅgāḥ karakāścaiva kukurāṅgāramāriṣāḥ.

   • 550 CE, Varāhamihira, Bṛhat Saṃhitā 14.12
   • c. 1100, Kalhana, Rājataraṃgiṇī 4.159

Descendants

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑁄𑀁𑀓𑀡 (koṃkaṇa), 𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀓𑀡 (kuṃkaṇa)
  • Konkani:

    Devanagari script: कोंकण (koṅkaṇ)

    Kannada script: ಕೊಂಕಣ್ (koṅkaṇ)

    Latin script: Konkann

    • → Portuguese: Concão
  • Old Marathi:

    Modi script: 𑘎𑘻𑘎𑘜 (kokaṇa), 𑘎𑘻𑘽𑘎𑘜 (koṃkaṇa)

    Devanagari script: कोकण (kokaṇa), कोंकण (koṃkaṇa)

    • Marathi: कोकण (kokaṇ)
• ⇒ Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑁄𑀁𑀓𑀡𑀅 (koṃkaṇaa)
  • Old Marathi:

    Modi script: 𑘎𑘻𑘎𑘜𑘰 (kokaṇā), 𑘎𑘻𑘽𑘎𑘜𑘰 (koṃkaṇā)

    Devanagari script: कोकणा (kokaṇā), कोंकणा (koṃkaṇā)

Noun

कोङ्कण • (koṅkaṇa) stem, n

1. a kind of weapon

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कोङ्कण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 312, column 2.