क्षण

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit क्षण (kṣaṇa). Compare Rajasthani छण (chaṇ), Gujarati ક્ષણ (kṣaṇ), Chinese 剎那／刹那 (chànà). Doublet of छिन (chin).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kʂəɳ/,

Noun

क्षण • (kṣaṇ) m (Urdu spelling کشن)

1. instant, blink of an eye (a short amount of time)
2. moment

Declension

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “क्षण”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “क्षण”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “क्षण”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “क्षण”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit क्षण (kṣaṇa). Compare Rajasthani छण (chaṇ), Gujarati ક્ષણ (kṣaṇ), Chinese 剎那／刹那 (chànà).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʂəɳ/

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Noun

क्षण • (kṣaṇ) m

1. moment, instant (a short amount of time)

Declension

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “क्षण”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “क्षण”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Related to अक्षि (akṣi, “eye”). Compare German Augenblick (“instant, moment”) for similar semantic development from the same root.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʂɐ.ɳɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʂɐ.ɳɐ/

Noun

क्षण • (kṣaṇa) stem, m

1. any instantaneous point of time, an instant, a moment
2. leisure moment, vacant time
3. a suitable or fit moment, an opportunity
4. a festival

Declension

Descendants

• Magahi: 𑂎𑂢𑂱 (khani)
• Pali: khaṇa
  • → Burmese: ခဏ (hka.na.)
  • → Khmer: ខណៈ (khaʼnaʼ)
  • → Lao: ຂະນະ (kha na)
  • → Mon: ခၞ
  • → Thai: ขณะ (kà-nà)
• Prakrit: 𑀔𑀡 (khaṇa)
  • Old Hindi: खन (khana)
  • Romani: kana
• Prakrit:
  • Hindi: छिन (chin)
  • Nepali: छिन (china)
  • Rajasthani: छण (chaṇ), छिण (chiṇ)
• Bengali: খন (khon)
• → Classical Mongolian: ᠭᠱᠠᠨ (ɣšan)
  • Mongolian: агшин (agšin), ᠭᠱᠠᠨ (ɣšan)
• → Middle Chinese: 剎那 (chat na)
  • Chinese: 剎那／刹那 (chànà)
  • → Japanese: 刹那 (setsuna)
  • → Korean: 찰나 (challa)
  • → Vietnamese: sát na
• → Gujarati: ક્ષણ (kṣaṇ)
• → Hindi: क्षण (kṣaṇ)
• → Kannada: ಕ್ಷಣ (kṣaṇa)
• → Marathi: क्षण (kṣaṇ)
• → Old Javanese: kṣaṇa
• → Tamil: கணம் (kaṇam)
• → Telugu: క్షణము (kṣaṇamu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “क्षण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 324/3, 325/1.