कदन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कदन (kadana).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kə.d̪ən/, [kɐ.d̪ɐ̃n]

Noun

कदन • (kadan) m

  1. death; destruction, ruination
    Synonym: विनाश (vināś)
  2. violence, bloodshed

Declension

References

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Possibly related to Ancient Greek κέκᾰδον (kékadon, to deprive).

Pronunciation

Noun

कदन • (kadana) stem, n

  1. destruction, killing, slaughter

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of कदन (kadana)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कदनम्
kadanam
कदने
kadane
कदनानि / कदना¹
kadanāni / kadanā¹
Vocative कदन
kadana
कदने
kadane
कदनानि / कदना¹
kadanāni / kadanā¹
Accusative कदनम्
kadanam
कदने
kadane
कदनानि / कदना¹
kadanāni / kadanā¹
Instrumental कदनेन
kadanena
कदनाभ्याम्
kadanābhyām
कदनैः / कदनेभिः¹
kadanaiḥ / kadanebhiḥ¹
Dative कदनाय
kadanāya
कदनाभ्याम्
kadanābhyām
कदनेभ्यः
kadanebhyaḥ
Ablative कदनात्
kadanāt
कदनाभ्याम्
kadanābhyām
कदनेभ्यः
kadanebhyaḥ
Genitive कदनस्य
kadanasya
कदनयोः
kadanayoḥ
कदनानाम्
kadanānām
Locative कदने
kadane
कदनयोः
kadanayoḥ
कदनेषु
kadaneṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “कदन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 247/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 53
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 149
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