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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit कदन (kadana).
Pronunciation
Noun
कदन • (kadan) m
- death; destruction, ruination
- Synonym: विनाश (vināś)
- violence, bloodshed
Declension
Declension of कदन (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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कदन
kadan
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कदन
kadan
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| oblique
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कदन
kadan
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कदनों
kadanõ
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| vocative
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कदन
kadan
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कदनो
kadano
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References
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 (kékadon, “to deprive”).
Pronunciation
Noun
कदन • (kadana) stem, n
- destruction, killing, slaughter
Declension
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] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 53
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 149