खनकना

Hindi

Etymology

Hindi verb set
खनकना (khanaknā)
खनकाना (khankānā)

Inherited from Sanskrit खणखणायते (khaṇakhaṇāyate, to utter or give out any peculiar sound, tick, tinkle, crack).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kʰə.nək.nɑː/, [kʰɐ.nɐk.näː]

Verb

खनकना • (khanaknā) (Urdu spelling کھنکنا)

  1. to clink, jingle, clash, clatter

Conjugation

References

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

Further reading

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