काण्ड

From Sanskrit काण्ड (kāṇḍa). Alternative spelling of कांड (kāṇḍ). Cognate with Bengali কাণ্ড (kanḍo)

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kɑːɳɖ/,

काण्ड • (kāṇḍ) m (Urdu spelling کانڈ)

1. division, group
2. (slang) sin, horrible mistake, incident, event (generally a bad or negative one)

• खण्ड (khaṇḍa)

Of unclear origin; the wide range of meanings, all which appear to be etymologically related, make tracing the original sense and further origins difficult, and consequently have resulted in a diverse set of viable explanations, both Indo-European (particularly with the word's Vedic attestation) and substrate. Such theories include a derivation from a Proto-Indo-European *kolndo- and connection to Ancient Greek κόνδῠλος (kóndulos, “knuckle, knot”), which is phonetically problematic and implicitly rejected by Beekes (who considers the Greek to derive from Pre-Greek), while others include a Prakritic formation from कृत् (kṛt, “to cut”).^[1]

Mayrhofer appears to tentatively favor a borrowing from Dravidian, taking the original sense as "segment of bamboo or sugar cane", whence the other senses; compare Tamil கணு (kaṇu, “joint of a bamboo cane, node”).^[2]

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɑ́ːɳ.ɖɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːɳ.ɖɐ/

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɑːɳ.ɖɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːɳ.ɖɐ/

काण्ड • (kā́ṇḍa, kāṇḍá) stem, m or n

1. a joint of the stalk of a cane or bamboo
2. section, portion, chapter
3. a part of a sacrificial rite
4. department of knowledge, subject (AV., TS., ŚBr., R.)
5. stalk
6. switch, whip (MBh., R., Kauś., Suśr.)
7. node of a tree trunk (W.)
8. cluster (W.)
9. multitude, abundance, quantity (Pāṇ., Kāś., Vcar.)
10. arrow (MBh., Hit.)
11. a long bone (Suśr.)
12. rudder (R.)
13. a measurement of area (Pāṇ., Vop.)
14. cane (L.)
15. opportunity, occasion (L.)
16. a private place, privacy (L.)
17. praise, flattery (L.)

• Monier Williams (1899) “काण्ड”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0269/2.
• Monier Williams (1899) “काण्ड”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1324/2.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kāṇḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press