খন

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit ক্ষণ (kṣaṇa).

Noun

খন • (khon)

  1. time
    Synonyms: সময় (śomoẏ), বেলা (bela), ক্ষণ (khon)
    খনে খনে মনে আসে পুরানো কথা
    khone khone mone aśe purano kotha
    Time and time again I remember old memories.

Usage notes

  • This is typically used as a suffix for temporal adverbs. Colloquially, it is very common but, despite being a native word, the Sanskrit spelling ক্ষণ (khon) is typically used outside suffixes.

Derived terms

References

  • Accessible Dictionary, [1] Government of Bangladesh
  • Accessible Dictionary, [2] Government of Bangladesh
  • Samsad Bangala Abhidhana, [3] Sailendra Biswas, University of Chicago

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • khana (Latin script)
  • 𑀔𑀦 (Brahmi script)
  • खन (Devanagari script)
  • ඛන (Sinhalese script)
  • ခန or ၶၼ (Burmese script)
  • ขน or ขะนะ (Thai script)
  • ᨡᨶ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຂນ or ຂະນະ (Lao script)
  • ខន (Khmer script)
  • 𑄈𑄚 (Chakma script)
Alternative scripts
  • khaṇa (Latin script)
  • 𑀔𑀡 (Brahmi script)
  • खण (Devanagari script)
  • খণ (Bengali script)
  • ඛණ (Sinhalese script)
  • ခဏ or ၶꧣ (Burmese script)
  • ขณ or ขะณะ (Thai script)
  • ᨡᨱ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຂຓ or ຂະຓະ (Lao script)
  • ខណ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄈𑄕 (Chakma script)

Verb

খন

  1. Bengali script form of khana, imperative active second-person singular of খনতি (khaṇati, “to dig”)
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