کھنک
Urdu
Etymology
From کھنکنا (khanaknā, “to clink, jingle, clash, clatter”, verb), which is from Sanskrit खणखणायते (khaṇakhaṇāyate), from खणखणाय (khaṇakhaṇāya, “to utter or give out any peculiar sound, tick, tinkle, crack”, root), which is an onomatopoeia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰə.nək/
Noun
کھنک • (khanak) f (Hindi spelling खनक)
- a ringing, clinking, jingling, tinkling, clashing or clanking sound
- clattering (as of dishes)
- the sound of wind
Declension
| Declension of کھنک | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | کھنک (khanak) | کھنکیں (khanakẽ) |
| oblique | کھنک (khanak) | کھنکوں (khanakõ) |
| vocative | کھنک (khanak) | کھنکو (khanako) |
Further reading
- “کھنک”, in Rekhta Urdu Dictionary (in Urdu), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2021.
- Platts, John T. (1884) , “खनक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.