कान्ति
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kɑːn.t̪iː/, [kä̃ːn̪.t̪iː]
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- কান্তি (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬵᬦ᭄ᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
- কান্তি (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰯𑰡𑰿𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀸𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- ကာန္တိ (Burmese script)
- કાન્તિ (Gujarati script)
- ਕਾਨ੍ਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦴꦤ꧀ꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂰𑂢𑂹𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಕಾನ್ತಿ (Kannada script)
- កាន្តិ (Khmer script)
- ການ຺ຕິ (Lao script)
- കാന്തി (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠ᠊ᠠᠨᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘰𑘡𑘿𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᢗᠨᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧑𑧁𑧠𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐵𑐣𑑂𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
- କାନ୍ତି (Odia script)
- ꢒꢵꢥ꣄ꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆳𑆤𑇀𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖯𑖡𑖿𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
- කාන්ති (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩛𑩯 𑪙𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚭𑚝𑚶𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
- காந்தி (Tamil script)
- కాన్తి (Telugu script)
- กานฺติ (Thai script)
- ཀཱ་ནྟི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒰𑒢𑓂𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨊𑨝𑩇𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Noun
कान्ति • (kānti) stem, f
- desire, wish
- loveliness, beauty, splendour, female beauty, personal decoration or embellishment
- a lovely colour, brightness (especially of the moon)
- (rhetoric) beauty enhanced by love
- a lovely or desirable woman personified as the wife of the moon
Declension
| Feminine i-stem declension of कान्ति (kānti) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | कान्तिः kāntiḥ |
कान्ती kāntī |
कान्तयः kāntayaḥ |
| Vocative | कान्ते kānte |
कान्ती kāntī |
कान्तयः kāntayaḥ |
| Accusative | कान्तिम् kāntim |
कान्ती kāntī |
कान्तीः kāntīḥ |
| Instrumental | कान्त्या / कान्ती¹ kāntyā / kāntī¹ |
कान्तिभ्याम् kāntibhyām |
कान्तिभिः kāntibhiḥ |
| Dative | कान्तये / कान्त्यै² / कान्ती¹ kāntaye / kāntyai² / kāntī¹ |
कान्तिभ्याम् kāntibhyām |
कान्तिभ्यः kāntibhyaḥ |
| Ablative | कान्तेः / कान्त्याः² / कान्त्यै³ kānteḥ / kāntyāḥ² / kāntyai³ |
कान्तिभ्याम् kāntibhyām |
कान्तिभ्यः kāntibhyaḥ |
| Genitive | कान्तेः / कान्त्याः² / कान्त्यै³ kānteḥ / kāntyāḥ² / kāntyai³ |
कान्त्योः kāntyoḥ |
कान्तीनाम् kāntīnām |
| Locative | कान्तौ / कान्त्याम्² / कान्ता¹ kāntau / kāntyām² / kāntā¹ |
कान्त्योः kāntyoḥ |
कान्तिषु kāntiṣu |
| Notes |
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Derived terms
- कान्तिकर (kāntikara, “beauty-causing”)
- कान्तिद (kāntida, “beauty-giving”)
- कान्तिमत् (kāntimat, “lovely, splendid”)
- कान्तिहर (kāntihara, “beauty-destroying”)
- चन्द्रकान्ति (candrakānti, “the lustre of the moon, moonlight”)
- सूर्यकान्ति (sūryakānti, “the splendor of the sun, sunlight, sunshine”)
- हेमकान्ति (hemakānti, “having a golden lustre, turmeric”)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “कान्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 270.
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “कान्ति”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
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