खनि

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit खनि (khaní).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kʰə.niː/,

खनि • (khani) f

1. (rare, formal) a mine

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “खनि”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha

From the root खन् (khan, “to dig”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʰɐ.ní/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɐ.n̪i/

खनि • (khaní) stem, f

1. a mine (especially of precious stones)
2. a quarry, cave

• खानि (khāni)

• Khasa Prakrit:
  • Nepali: खानी (khānī)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Odia: ଖନି (khani)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀺 (khāṇi), 𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀻 (khāṇī)
  • Old Marathi:

    Devanagari script: खाणी (khāṇī), खानी (khānī)

    Modi script: 𑘏𑘰𑘜𑘲 (khāṇī), 𑘏𑘰𑘡𑘲 (khānī)

    • Marathi: खाण (khāṇ)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Takka Apabhramsa:
    • Punjabi:

      Gurmukhi script: ਖਾਣ (khāṇ)

      Shahmukhi script: کَھاݨ

  • Vracada Apabhramsa:
    • Sindhi:

      Arabic script: کاڻِ

      Devanagari script: खाणि

• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀺 (khāṇi), 𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀻 (khāṇī)
  • Gurjara Apabhramsa:
    • Old Gujarati:
      • Gujarati: ખાણ (khāṇ)
  • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: खान (khān)

      Urdu: کَھان (khān)

• Assamese: খনি (khoni)
• Kannada: ಖನಿ (khani)
• Malayalam: കേണി (kēṇi) (possibly)
• Marathi: खनि (khani)
• Telugu: ఖని (khani)
• Hindi: खनि (khani)

• Monier Williams (1899) “Khaṇí”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 336.
• “खनि॑” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 144, column 1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khaní”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press