क्षण

Hindi

Etymology

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Compare Rajasthani छण (chaṇ), Gujarati ક્ષણ (kṣaṇ), Chinese 剎那刹那 (chànà). Doublet of छिन (chin).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kʂəɳ/, [kʃɐ̃ɳ]

Noun

क्षण • (kṣaṇ) m (Urdu spelling کشن)

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

Declension

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References

Marathi

Etymology

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Compare Rajasthani छण (chaṇ), Gujarati ક્ષણ (kṣaṇ), Chinese 剎那刹那 (chànà).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʂəɳ/
  • (file)

Noun

क्षण • (kṣaṇ) m

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

Declension

Declension of Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (masc cons-stem)
direct
singular
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kṣaṇ
direct
plural
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kṣaṇ
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
kṣaṇ
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kṣaṇ
oblique
सामान्यरूप
क्षणा
kṣaṇā
क्षणां-
kṣaṇān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
क्षणाला
kṣaṇālā
क्षणांना
kṣaṇānnā
ergative क्षणाने, क्षणानं
kṣaṇāne, kṣaṇāna
क्षणांनी
kṣaṇānnī
instrumental क्षणाशी
kṣaṇāśī
क्षणांशी
kṣaṇānśī
locative
सप्तमी
क्षणात
kṣaṇāt
क्षणांत
kṣaṇāt
vocative
संबोधन
क्षणा
kṣaṇā
क्षणांनो
kṣaṇānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (masc cons-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म
feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular*
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
क्षणाचा
kṣaṇāċā
क्षणाचे
kṣaṇāċe
क्षणाची
kṣaṇācī
क्षणाच्या
kṣaṇācā
क्षणाचे, क्षणाचं
kṣaṇāċe, kṣaṇāċa
क्षणाची
kṣaṇācī
क्षणाच्या
kṣaṇācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
क्षणांचा
kṣaṇānċā
क्षणांचे
kṣaṇānċe
क्षणांची
kṣaṇāñcī
क्षणांच्या
kṣaṇāncā
क्षणांचे, क्षणांचं
kṣaṇānċe, kṣaṇānċa
क्षणांची
kṣaṇāñcī
क्षणांच्या
kṣaṇāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

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).[1] Compare German Augenblick (instant, moment) for similar semantic development from the same root.

Pronunciation

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

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Descendants

  • Magahi: 𑂎𑂢𑂱 (khani)
  • Pali: khaṇa
  • Prakrit: 𑀔𑀡 (khaṇa)
    • Old Hindi: खन (khana)
    • Romani: kana
  • Prakrit:
  • Bengali: খন (khon)
  • Classical Mongolian: ᠭᠱᠠᠨ (ɣšan)
    • Mongolian: агшин (agšin), ᠭᠱᠠᠨ (ɣšan)
  • Middle Chinese: 剎那 (chat na)
  • Gujarati: ક્ષણ (kṣaṇ)
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Kannada: ಕ್ಷಣ (kṣaṇa)
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Old Javanese: kṣaṇa
  • Tamil: கணம் (kaṇam)
  • Telugu: క్షణము (kṣaṇamu)

References

  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), KVAN-kṣatrapa-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 131
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