کھنکنا

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit खणखणायते (khaṇakhaṇāyate), from खणखणाय (khaṇakhaṇāya, to utter or give out any peculiar sound, tick, tinkle, crack, root), which is an onomatopoeia.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

کھنکنا • (khanaknā) (Hindi spelling खनकना)

  1. to clink, jingle, clash, clatter

Conjugation

  • Note: The second-person polite form آپ (āp) (āp) uses the third-person plural conjugation.

Derived terms

References

  1. McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “khanaknā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading

  • Platts, John T. (1884) “खनकना”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • کھنکنا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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