खनति

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

khaṇati (Latin script)
𑀔𑀡𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
खणति (Devanagari script)
খণতি (Bengali script)
ඛණති (Sinhalese script)
ခဏတိ or ၶꧣတိ (Burmese script)
ขณติ or ขะณะติ (Thai script)
ᨡᨱᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
ຂຓຕິ or ຂະຓະຕິ (Lao script)
ខណតិ (Khmer script)
𑄈𑄕𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

khanati (Latin script)
𑀔𑀦𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
খনতি (Bengali script)
ඛනති (Sinhalese script)
ခနတိ or ၶၼတိ (Burmese script)
ขนติ or ขะนะติ (Thai script)
ᨡᨶᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
ຂນຕິ or ຂະນະຕິ (Lao script)
ខនតិ (Khmer script)
𑄈𑄚𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Verb

खनति (root khaṇ, first conjugation)

alternative form of खणति (khaṇati), which see for forms, and Devanagari script form of khanati.

Adjective

खनति

Devanagari script form of khanati, masculine/neuter locative singular of khanant, which is present active participle of khanati (“to dig”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

খনতি (Assamese script)
ᬔᬦᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
খনতি (Bengali script)
𑰏𑰡𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀔𑀦𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ခနတိ (Burmese script)
ખનતિ (Gujarati script)
ਖਨਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌖𑌨𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦑꦤꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂎𑂢𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಖನತಿ (Kannada script)
ខនតិ (Khmer script)
ຂນຕິ (Lao script)
ഖനതി (Malayalam script)
ᡘᠠᠨᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘏𑘡𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠻᠠᠨᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑦯𑧁𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐏𑐣𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଖନତି (Odia script)
ꢓꢥꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆒𑆤𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖏𑖡𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
ඛනති (Sinhalese script)
𑩝𑩯𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚋𑚝𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
க²நதி (Tamil script)
ఖనతి (Telugu script)
ขนติ (Thai script)
ཁ་ན་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒐𑒢𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨌𑨝𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kánati, from *kan- (“to dig”), with unetymological aspiration of the first consonant. Cognate with Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬥- (kan-, “to dig”), 𐬎𐬯-𐬐𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬌 (us-kəṇti), Old Persian 𐎣𐎴- (kan-, “to dig”) whence Persian (kandan, “to dig”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʰɐ́.nɐ.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kʰɐ.n̪ɐ.t̪i/

Verb

खन॑ति • (khánati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root खन्)

to dig
- c. 300 BCE, Pañcatantra Dharmabuddhi ca duṣṭabuddhi:
  खन्यमाने च भूभागे यादासावार्थो न दृश्यते तदा दुष्टबुद्धिः स्वशिरस्ताडयन् ससम्भ्रममब्रवीत्...
  khanyamāne ca bhūbhāge yādāsāvārtho na dṛśyate tadā duṣṭabuddhiḥ svaśirastāḍayan sasambhramamabravīt...
  having dug the plot of land and not having seen such money, Duṣṭabuddhi, knocking his own head, said with embarrassment...

Conjugation

Present: खन॑ति (khánati), खन॑ते (khánate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	खन॑ति khánati	खन॑तः khánataḥ	खन॑न्ति khánanti	खन॑ते khánate	खने॑ते khánete	खन॑न्ते khánante
Second	खन॑सि khánasi	खन॑थः khánathaḥ	खन॑थ khánatha	खन॑से khánase	खने॑थे khánethe	खन॑ध्वे khánadhve
First	खना॑मि khánāmi	खना॑वः khánāvaḥ	खना॑मः / खना॑मसि¹ khánāmaḥ / khánāmasi¹	खने॑ kháne	खना॑वहे khánāvahe	खना॑महे khánāmahe
Imperative
Third	खन॑तु khánatu	खन॑ताम् khánatām	खन॑न्तु khánantu	खन॑ताम् khánatām	खने॑ताम् khánetām	खन॑न्ताम् khánantām
Second	खन॑ khána	खन॑तम् khánatam	खन॑त khánata	खन॑स्व khánasva	खने॑थाम् khánethām	खन॑ध्वम् khánadhvam
First	खना॑नि khánāni	खना॑व khánāva	खना॑म khánāma	खनै॑ khánai	खना॑वहै khánāvahai	खना॑महै khánāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	खने॑त् khánet	खने॑ताम् khánetām	खने॑युः kháneyuḥ	खने॑त kháneta	खने॑याताम् kháneyātām	खने॑रन् kháneran
Second	खनेः॑ kháneḥ	खने॑तम् khánetam	खने॑त kháneta	खने॑थाः khánethāḥ	खने॑याथाम् kháneyāthām	खने॑ध्वम् khánedhvam
First	खने॑यम् kháneyam	खने॑व kháneva	खने॑म khánema	खने॑य kháneya	खने॑वहि khánevahi	खने॑महि khánemahi
Subjunctive
Third	खना॑त् / खना॑ति khánāt / khánāti	खना॑तः khánātaḥ	खना॑न् khánān	खना॑ते / खना॑तै khánāte / khánātai	खनै॑ते khánaite	खन॑न्त / खना॑न्तै khánanta / khánāntai
Second	खनाः॑ / खना॑सि khánāḥ / khánāsi	खना॑थः khánāthaḥ	खना॑थ khánātha	खना॑से / खना॑सै khánāse / khánāsai	खनै॑थे khánaithe	खना॑ध्वै khánādhvai
First	खना॑नि khánāni	खना॑व khánāva	खना॑म khánāma	खनै॑ khánai	खना॑वहै khánāvahai	खना॑महै khánāmahai
Participles
	खन॑त् khánat			खन॑मान khánamāna
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic

Imperfect: अख॑नत् (ákhanat), अख॑नत (ákhanata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अख॑नत् ákhanat	अख॑नताम् ákhanatām	अख॑नन् ákhanan	अख॑नत ákhanata	अख॑नेताम् ákhanetām	अख॑नन्त ákhananta
Second	अख॑नः ákhanaḥ	अख॑नतम् ákhanatam	अख॑नत ákhanata	अख॑नथाः ákhanathāḥ	अख॑नेथाम् ákhanethām	अख॑नध्वम् ákhanadhvam
First	अख॑नम् ákhanam	अख॑नाव ákhanāva	अख॑नाम ákhanāma	अख॑ने ákhane	अख॑नावहि ákhanāvahi	अख॑नामहि ákhanāmahi

Descendants

Dardic:
- Kashmiri: کھَنُن (khanun)
- Pashayi:
  - Northwest Pashayi: khan-
  - Southeast Pashayi: xan-
Pali: khanati, khāneti
- ⇒ Pali: khanāpeti
Prakrit: 𑀔𑀡𑀇 (khaṇaï)
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀔𑀡𑀤𑀺 (khaṇadi)
    - Hindustani: khannā
      Hindi: खनना
      Urdu: کَھنْنا (khannā)
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Assamese: খন্দা (khonda)
    - Bengali: খনা (khona)
- Northern:
  - Khasa Prakrit:
    - Central Pahari:
      - Garhwali: खण्नु (khaṇnu)
      - Kumaoni: खण्णो (khaṇṇo)
    - Eastern Pahari:
      - Nepali: खन्नु (khannu)
        ⇒ Nepali: खानाउनु (khānāunu)
- Northwestern:
  - Paisaci Prakrit:
    - Vracada Apabhramsa:
      - Sindhi: khaṇaṇu
        Arabic script: کَڻَڻُ (khaṇaṇu)
        
        Devanagari script: खणणु
- Southern:
  - Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀔𑀡𑀇 (khaṇaï)
    - Konkani: khaṇce, khaṇūka
      Devanagari script: खण्चे, खणूक
      Kannada script: ಖಣ್ಛೆ, ಖಂನೂಕ
      Latin script: khannche, khannuk
    - Old Marathi: 𑘏𑘜𑘜𑘹 (khaṇaṇe), 𑘏𑘰𑘜𑘜𑘹 (khāṇaṇe, “to dig”)
      - Marathi: (khaṇṇe)
        Devanagari script: खणणे
        Modi script: 𑘏𑘜𑘜𑘹
      - Varhadi: (khānna) (< Old Marathi 𑘏𑘰𑘜𑘜𑘹 (khāṇaṇe))
        Devanagari script: खाननं
        Modi script: 𑘏𑘰𑘡𑘡𑘽
    - Dhivehi: ކޮންނަނީ (kon̊nanī)
    - Sinhalese: කනිනවා (kaninawā)
- Western:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀔𑀡𑀤𑀺 (khaṇadi)
    - Hindustani: khannā
      Hindi: खनना
      Urdu: کَھنْنا (khannā)
    - Gujarati: ખાણવું (khāṇvũ)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “खनति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 336.