कोङ्कण
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬓᭀᬗ᭄ᬓᬡ (Balinese script)
- কোঙ্কণ (Assamese script)
- কোঙ্কণ (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰺𑰒𑰿𑰎𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑁄𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀡 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌕𑍋𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌣 (Grantha script)
- કોઙ્કણ (Gujarati script)
- ਕੋਙੑਕਣ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦏꦺꦴꦔ꧀ꦏꦟ (Javanese script)
- កោង្កណ (Khmer script)
- ಕೋಙ್ಕಣ (Kannada script)
- ໂກງ຺ກຓ (Lao script)
- കോങ്കണ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘎𑘻𑘒𑘿𑘎𑘜 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠣᠸᠠᢊᢉᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᡬᠣᢛᡬᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
- ကောင်္ကဏ (Burmese script)
- 𑦮𑧜𑦲𑧠𑦮𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑑀𑐒𑑂𑐎𑐞 (Newa script)
- କୋଙ୍କଣ (Oriya script)
- ꢒꣂꢖ꣄ꢒꢠ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆾𑆕𑇀𑆑𑆟 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖺𑖒𑖿𑖎𑖜 (Siddham script)
- කෝඞ්කණ (Sinhalese script)
- కోఙ్కణ (Telugu script)
- โกงฺกณ (Thai script)
- ཀོ་ངྐ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒼𑒓𑓂𑒏𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
According to the Sahyadrikhanda, from कोण (koṇa, “corner”) + कण (kaṇa, “piece”), meaning "piece of earth" or "piece of corner."[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kɐwŋ.kɐ.ɳɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkoːŋ.kɐ.ɳɐ/
Noun
कोङ्कण • (koṅkaṇa) m pl
- the people of the Konkan coast
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 6.9.60:
- कौकुट्टकास्तथा चोलाः कोङ्कणा मालवा नराः ।
समङ्गाः करकाश्चैव कुकुराङ्गारमारिषाः ।।- kaukuṭṭakāstathā colāḥ koṅkaṇā mālavā narāḥ .
samaṅgāḥ karakāścaiva kukurāṅgāramāriṣāḥ ..
- kaukuṭṭakāstathā colāḥ koṅkaṇā mālavā narāḥ .
- कौकुट्टकास्तथा चोलाः कोङ्कणा मालवा नराः ।
- 550 CE, Varāhamihira, Bṛhat Saṃhitā 14.12
- c. 1100, Kalhana, Rājataraṃgiṇī 4.159
Descendants
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑁄𑀁𑀓𑀡 (koṃkaṇa)
- ⇒ Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑁄𑀁𑀓𑀡𑀅 (koṃkaṇaa)
- Old Marathi:
- Modi: 𑘎𑘻𑘎𑘜𑘰 (kokaṇā), 𑘎𑘻𑘽𑘎𑘜𑘰 (koṃkaṇā)
- Devanagari: कोकणा (kokaṇā), कोंकणा (koṃkaṇā)
- Old Marathi:
Noun
कोङ्कण • (koṅkaṇa) n
- a kind of weapon
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “कोङ्कण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 312, column 2.
- Shastri Gaytonde, Gajanan (ed.). Shree Scanda Puran (Sayadri Khandha) (in Marathi). Mumbai: Shree Katyani Publication.
- Satoskar, B. D. Gomantak Prakruti ani Sanskruti. Part 1 (in Marathi). Shubhada Publication. p. 206.