कोङ्कण

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • কোঙ্কণ (Assamese script)
  • ᬓᭀᬗ᭄ᬓᬡ (Balinese script)
  • কোঙ্কণ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰎𑰺𑰒𑰿𑰎𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀓𑁄𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀡 (Brahmi script)
  • ကောင်္ကဏ (Burmese script)
  • કોઙ્કણ (Gujarati script)
  • ਕੋਙ੍ਕਣ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌕𑍋𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌣 (Grantha script)
  • ꦏꦺꦴꦔ꧀ꦏꦟ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂍𑂷𑂑𑂹𑂍𑂝 (Kaithi script)
  • ಕೋಙ್ಕಣ (Kannada script)
  • កោង្កណ (Khmer script)
  • ໂກງ຺ກຓ (Lao script)
  • കോങ്കണ (Malayalam script)
  • ᡬᠣᢛᡬᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘎𑘻𑘒𑘿𑘎𑘜 (Modi script)
  • ᢉᠣᠸᠠᢊᢉᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦮𑧜𑦲𑧠𑦮𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐎𑑀𑐒𑑂𑐎𑐞 (Newa script)
  • କୋଙ୍କଣ (Odia script)
  • ꢒꣂꢖ꣄ꢒꢠ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆑𑆾𑆕𑇀𑆑𑆟 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖎𑖺𑖒𑖿𑖎𑖜 (Siddham script)
  • කොඞ‍්කණ (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩜𑩕𑩠 𑪙𑩜𑩪 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚊𑚴𑚎𑚶𑚊𑚘 (Takri script)
  • கோங்கண (Tamil script)
  • కోఙ్కణ (Telugu script)
  • โกงฺกณ (Thai script)
  • ཀོ་ངྐ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒏𑒼𑒓𑓂𑒏𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨋𑨆𑨏𑩇𑨋𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

According to the Sahyadrikhanda, from कोण (koṇa, “corner”) + कण (kaṇa, “piece”), meaning "piece of earth" or "piece of corner."[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

कोङ्कण • (koṅkaṇa) stem, m pl

  1. 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.
    • 550 CE, Varāhamihira, Bṛhat Saṃhitā 14.12
    • c. 1100, Kalhana, Rājataraṃgiṇī 4.159

Descendants
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑁄𑀁𑀓𑀡 (koṃkaṇa), 𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀓𑀡 (kuṃkaṇa)
    • Konkani:
      Devanagari script: कोंकण (koṅkaṇ)
      Kannada script: ಕೊಂಕಣ್ (koṅkaṇ)
      Latin script: Konkann
    • Old Marathi:
      Modi script: 𑘎𑘻𑘎𑘜 (kokaṇa), 𑘎𑘻𑘽𑘎𑘜 (koṃkaṇa)
      Devanagari script: कोकण (kokaṇa), कोंकण (koṃkaṇa)
  • ⇒ Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑁄𑀁𑀓𑀡𑀅 (koṃkaṇaa)
    • Old Marathi:
      Modi script: 𑘎𑘻𑘎𑘜𑘰 (kokaṇā), 𑘎𑘻𑘽𑘎𑘜𑘰 (koṃkaṇā)
      Devanagari script: कोकणा (kokaṇā), कोंकणा (koṃkaṇā)

Noun

कोङ्कण • (koṅkaṇa) stem, n

  1. a kind of weapon

References
  1. Shastri Gaytonde, Gajanan (ed.). Shree Scanda Puran (Sayadri Khandha) (in Marathi). Mumbai: Shree Katyani Publication.
  2. Satoskar, B. D. Gomantak Prakruti ani Sanskruti. Part 1 (in Marathi). Shubhada Publication. p. 206.
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