कण्ट

See कण्टक (kaṇṭaka).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐɳ.ʈɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐɳ.ʈɐ/
• Hyphenation: कण्‧ट

कण्ट • (kaṇṭa) stem, m

1. thorn, prickle, sting, fishbone

• कण्टक (kaṇṭaka)
• कण्टफल (kaṇṭaphala)

• Dardic:
  • Dameli: kãṭa
  • Kashmiri: کونڈُ (kōnḍu)
  • Phalura: کَاݨڈُ (kāṇḍu), کَاںڑو (kā̃ṛo)
  • Shina: کوݨُ (kóṇŭ)
• Pali: kaṇṭaka
• Prakrit: 𑀓𑀀𑀝𑀬 (kam̐ṭaya)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Awadhi: काँटा (kā̃ṭā)
      • Gujarati: કાઁટો (kām̐ṭo)
      • Hindustani: kā̃ṭā
        • Hindi: काँटा
        • Urdu: کَاںٹَا (kā̃ṭā)
      • Romani: kanro, kai̦o
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: কাঁইট (kãit)
      • Bengali: কাঁটা (kãṭa)
      • Chakma: 𑄇𑄘 (kādā)
      • Odia: କଣ୍ଟା (kaṇṭā)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Central Pahari:
        • Kumaoni: कानो (kāno)
        • Garhwali: काँडा (kā̃ḍā)
      • Eastern Pahari:
        • Nepali: काँणो (kā̃ṇo)
      • Western Pahari:
        • Bhadrawahi: कण्टा (kaṇṭā), कण्टो (kaṇṭo), काँडा (kā̃ḍā)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ކަށި (kaṣi)
      • Sinhalese: කටුව (kaṭuwa)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Konkani:

        Devanagari script: कांटो (kāṇṭo)

        Latin script: kãttô

        Kannada script: ಕಾಂಟೊ

      • Marathi: काँट (kŏṇṭa)
  • Western:
    • Takka Apabhramsa:
      • Punjabi: kaṇḍā

        Gurmukhi script: ਕੰਡਾ

        Shahmukhi script: کَݨڈُ

        • Lahnda: کَݨڈُ (kaṇḍā)
    • Vracada Apabhramsa:
      • Sindhi: kaṇḍo

        Arabic script: ڪَڻڊُ

        Devanagari script: कंडु

        • Kachchi: કંધો (kandho)

• Monier Williams (1899) “कण्ट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 245/2.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kanta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 133