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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
Root
कन् • (kan)
- to be satisfied or pleased
- 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 [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016