खनति

खनति (root khaṇ, first conjugation)

1. Alternative form of खणति (khaṇati), which see for forms, and Devanagari script form of khanati.

खनति

1. Devanagari script form of khanati, masculine/neuter locative singular of khanant, which is present active participle of khanati (“to dig”)

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kánati, from *kan- (“to dig”), with unetymological aspiration of the first consonant. Cognate with Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬥- (kan-, “to dig”), 𐬎𐬯-𐬐𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬌 (us-kəṇti), Old Persian 𐎣𐎴- (kan-, “to dig”) whence Persian کندن (kandan, “to dig”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʰɐ́.nɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɐ.n̪ɐ.t̪i/

खनति • (khanati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root खन्)

1. to dig
   • c. 300 BCE, Pañcatantra Dharmabuddhi ca duṣṭabuddhi:

     खन्यमाने च भूभागे यादासावार्थो न दृश्यते तदा दुष्टबुद्धिः स्वशिरस्ताडयन् ससम्भ्रममब्रवीत्...

     khanyamāne ca bhūbhāge yādāsāvārtho na dṛśyate tadā duṣṭabuddhiḥ svaśirastāḍayan sasambhramamabravīt...

     having dug the plot of land and not having seen such money, Duṣṭabuddhi, knocking his own head, said with embarrassment...

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: کھَنُن (khanun)
  • Pashayi:
    • Northwest Pashayi: khan-
    • Southeast Pashayi: xan-
• Pali: khanati, khāneti
  • ⇒ Pali: khanāpeti
• Prakrit: 𑀔𑀡𑀇 (khaṇaï)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀔𑀡𑀤𑀺 (khaṇadi)
      • Hindustani: khannā

        Hindi: खनना

        Urdu: کَھنْنا (khannā)

  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: খন্দা (khonda)
      • Bengali: খনা (khona)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Central Pahari:
        • Garhwali: खण्नु (khaṇnu)
        • Kumaoni: खण्णो (khaṇṇo)
      • Eastern Pahari:
        • Nepali: खन्नु (khannu)
          • ⇒ Nepali: खानाउनु (khānāunu)
  • Northwestern:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi: khaṇaṇu

          Arabic script: کَڻَڻُ

          Devanagari script: खणणु

  • Southern:
    • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀔𑀡𑀇 (khaṇaï)
      • Konkani: khaṇce, khaṇūka

        Devanagari script: खण्चे, खणूक

        Kannada script: ಖಣ್ಛೆ, ಖಂನೂಕ

        Latin script: khannche, khannuk

      • Old Marathi: 𑘏𑘜𑘜𑘹 (khaṇaṇe), 𑘏𑘰𑘜𑘜𑘹 (khāṇaṇe, “to dig”)
        • Marathi: khaṇṇe

          Devanagari script: खणणे

          Modi script: 𑘏𑘜𑘜𑘹

        • Varhadi: khānna (< Old Marathi 𑘏𑘰𑘜𑘜𑘹 (khāṇaṇe))

          Devanagari script: खाननं

          Modi script: 𑘏𑘰𑘡𑘡𑘽

      • Dhivehi: ކޮންނަނީ (kon̊nanī)
      • Sinhalese: කනිනවා (kaninawā)
  • Western:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀔𑀡𑀤𑀺 (khaṇadi)
      • Hindustani: khannā

        Hindi: खनना

        Urdu: کَھنْنا (khannā)

      • Gujarati: ખાણવું (khāṇvũ)

Monier Williams (1899) “खनति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 336.