𑀔𑀸𑀡

Prakrit

Etymology

From an earlier *khāaṇa, from Sanskrit 𑀔𑀸𑀤𑀦 (khādana, “eating, food”).

Noun

𑀔𑀸𑀡 (khāṇa) n (Devanagari खाण, Kannada ಖಾಣ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. the act of eating, food
   • c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 664:

     𑀔𑀸𑀡𑁂𑀡-𑀅 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑁂𑀡-𑀅 𑀢𑀳 𑀕𑀳𑀺𑀑 𑀫𑀁𑀟𑀮𑁄 𑀅𑀟𑀅𑀡𑀸𑀇
     𑀚𑀳 𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀁 𑀅𑀳𑀺𑀡𑀁𑀟𑀇 𑀪𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀇 𑀖𑀭𑀲𑀸𑀫𑀺𑀏 𑀏𑀁𑀢𑁂

     khāṇeṇa-a pāṇeṇa-a taha gahio maṃḍalo aḍaaṇāi
     jaha jāraṃ ahiṇaṃḍaï bhukkaï gharasāmie eṃte

     • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken

       With food and water, the false woman has trained the dog
       To welcome her lover and bark at her husband as he comes home.

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀔𑀸𑀡 (neuter)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀁 (khāṇaṃ)	𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀇𑀁 (khāṇāiṃ) or 𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀇 (khāṇāi)
Accusative	𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀁 (khāṇaṃ)	𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀇𑀁 (khāṇāiṃ) or 𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀇 (khāṇāi)
Instrumental	𑀔𑀸𑀡𑁂𑀡 (khāṇeṇa) or 𑀔𑀸𑀡𑁂𑀡𑀁 (khāṇeṇaṃ)	𑀔𑀸𑀡𑁂𑀳𑀺 (khāṇehi) or 𑀔𑀸𑀡𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (khāṇehiṃ)
Dative	𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀅 (khāṇāa)	—
Ablative	𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀑 (khāṇāo) or 𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀉 (khāṇāu) or 𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀸 (khāṇā) or 𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀳𑀺 (khāṇāhi) or 𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (khāṇāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀲𑁆𑀲 (khāṇassa)	𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀡 (khāṇāṇa) or 𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀡𑀁 (khāṇāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (khāṇammi) or 𑀔𑀸𑀡𑁂 (khāṇe)	𑀔𑀸𑀡𑁂𑀲𑀼 (khāṇesu) or 𑀔𑀸𑀡𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (khāṇesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀔𑀸𑀡 (khāṇa) or 𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀸 (khāṇā)	𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀇𑀁 (khāṇāiṃ) or 𑀔𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀇 (khāṇāi)

Derived terms

• *𑀔𑀸𑀡-𑀅 (*khāṇa-a)
  • Caribbean Hindustani: khaana
  • Gurjara Apabhramsa:
    • Gujarati: ખાણું (khāṇũ)
    • Marwari: खाणौ (khāṇau)
  • Hindustani: khānā

    Hindi: खाना

    Urdu: کھانا (khānā)

    • → Assamese: খানা (khana)
    • → Bengali: খানা (khana)
    • → Dhivehi: ކާނާ (kānā)
    • → English: khana
  • Nepali: खाना (khānā)
  • Old Punjabi: ਖਾਣਾ (khāṇā), ਖਾਨੁ (khānu)
    • Punjabi: khāṇā

      Gurmukhi script: ਖਾਣਾ

      Shahmukhi script: کھاݨا

Descendants

• Konkani: khāṇ

  Devanagari script: खाण

  Kannada script: ಖಾಣ್

  Latin script: khann

• Old Marathi: khāna(pāna), khāna(loṇa)

  Devanagari script: खान(पान), खान(लोण)

  Modi script: 𑘏𑘰𑘡(𑘢𑘰𑘡), 𑘏𑘰𑘡(𑘩𑘻𑘜)

• Marwari: खाण (khāṇ)
• Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
  • Braj: खान (khān)
  • Hindustani: khān

    Hindi: खान

    Urdu: کھان (khān)

    Romani: xan (they eat)

• → Sanskrit: खान (khāna)

Further reading

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “खाण”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khāṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press