कण्ठ
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কণ্ঠ (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬡ᭄ᬞ (Balinese script)
- কণ্ঠ (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰜𑰿𑰙 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀞 (Brahmi script)
- ကဏ္ဌ (Burmese script)
- કણ્ઠ (Gujarati script)
- ਕਣ੍ਠ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌣𑍍𑌠 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦟ꧀ꦜ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂝𑂹𑂘 (Kaithi script)
- ಕಣ್ಠ (Kannada script)
- កណ្ឋ (Khmer script)
- ກຓ຺ຐ (Lao script)
- കണ്ഠ (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠᢏᡱᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘜𑘿𑘙 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᢏᢍᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑦼𑧠𑦹 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐞𑑂𑐛 (Newa script)
- କଣ୍ଠ (Odia script)
- ꢒꢠ꣄ꢝ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆟𑇀𑆜 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖜𑖿𑖙 (Siddham script)
- කණ්ඨ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩪 𑪙𑩧 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚘𑚶𑚕 (Takri script)
- கண்ட² (Tamil script)
- కణ్ఠ (Telugu script)
- กณฺฐ (Thai script)
- ཀ་ཎྛ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒝𑓂𑒚 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨘𑩇𑨕 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Borrowed from Dravidian, compare Badaga ಗಂಟ (gaṇṭa, “larynx”), Kannada ಗಣ್ಟಲು (gaṇṭalu, “throat”), ಕತ್ತು (kattu), Tulu ಕಂಟೆಲ್ (kaṇṭelŭ), Malayalam കഴുത്ത് (kaḻuttŭ), and Tamil கழுத்து (kaḻuttu). The Indo-Aryan and Dravidian terms might both be of ultimate Munda origin.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kɐɳ.ʈʰɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /kɐɳ.ʈʰɐ/
Noun
क॒ण्ठ • (kaṇṭhá) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | क॒ण्ठः (kaṇṭháḥ) | क॒ण्ठौ (kaṇṭháu) क॒ण्ठा¹ (kaṇṭhā́¹) |
क॒ण्ठाः (kaṇṭhā́ḥ) क॒ण्ठासः॑¹ (kaṇṭhā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | क॒ण्ठम् (kaṇṭhám) | क॒ण्ठौ (kaṇṭháu) क॒ण्ठा¹ (kaṇṭhā́¹) |
क॒ण्ठान् (kaṇṭhā́n) |
| instrumental | क॒ण्ठेन॑ (kaṇṭhéna) | क॒ण्ठाभ्या॑म् (kaṇṭhā́bhyām) | क॒ण्ठैः (kaṇṭháiḥ) क॒ण्ठेभिः॑¹ (kaṇṭhébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | क॒ण्ठाय॑ (kaṇṭhā́ya) | क॒ण्ठाभ्या॑म् (kaṇṭhā́bhyām) | क॒ण्ठेभ्यः॑ (kaṇṭhébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | क॒ण्ठात् (kaṇṭhā́t) | क॒ण्ठाभ्या॑म् (kaṇṭhā́bhyām) | क॒ण्ठेभ्यः॑ (kaṇṭhébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | क॒ण्ठस्य॑ (kaṇṭhásya) | क॒ण्ठयोः॑ (kaṇṭháyoḥ) | क॒ण्ठाना॑म् (kaṇṭhā́nām) |
| locative | क॒ण्ठे (kaṇṭhé) | क॒ण्ठयोः॑ (kaṇṭháyoḥ) | क॒ण्ठेषु॑ (kaṇṭhéṣu) |
| vocative | कण्ठ॑ (káṇṭha) | कण्ठौ॑ (káṇṭhau) कण्ठा॑¹ (káṇṭhā¹) |
कण्ठाः॑ (káṇṭhāḥ) कण्ठा॑सः¹ (káṇṭhāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “कण्ठ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 245, column 3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 292
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kaṇṭhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 134