ഖനി

Malayalam

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit खनि (khani). Cognate with Gujarati ખાણ (khāṇ), Telugu ఖని (khani), Marathi खाण (khāṇ) and Hindi खान (khān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k(ʰ)ɐni/

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Noun

ഖനി • (khani)

Inside of a mine

1. mine; an excavation from which ores and minerals are extracted.
2. quarry

Declension

Declension of ഖനി

	singular	plural
nominative	ഖനി (khani)	ഖനികൾ (khanikaḷ)
vocative	ഖനീ (khanī)	ഖനികളേ (khanikaḷē)
accusative	ഖനിയെ (khaniye)	ഖനികളെ (khanikaḷe)
dative	ഖനിയ്ക്ക് (khaniykkŭ)	ഖനികൾക്ക് (khanikaḷkkŭ)
genitive	ഖനിയുടെ (khaniyuṭe)	ഖനികളുടെ (khanikaḷuṭe)
locative	ഖനിയിൽ (khaniyil)	ഖനികളിൽ (khanikaḷil)
sociative	ഖനിയോട് (khaniyōṭŭ)	ഖനികളോട് (khanikaḷōṭŭ)
instrumental	ഖനിയാൽ (khaniyāl)	ഖനികളാൽ (khanikaḷāl)

References

• Gundert, Hermann (1872) “ഖനനം”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
• Warrier, M. I. (2008) “ഖനി”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khaní”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• https://dict.sayahna.org/stv/48968/
• https://olam.in/DictionaryML/ml/%E0%B4%96%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF