# क्षण
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit क्षण (kṣaṇa). Compare Marwari छण (chaṇ), Gujarati ક્ષણ (kṣaṇ), Chinese 剎那／刹那 (chànà). Doublet of छिन (chin).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /kʂəɳ/, [kʃɐ̃ɳ]

### Noun

क्षण • (kṣaṇ) m (Urdu spelling کشن)
* instant, blink of an eye (a short amount of time)
* moment

#### Declension
### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “क्षण”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “क्षण”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* Platts, John T. (1884) “क्षण”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “क्षण”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit क्षण (kṣaṇa). Compare Marwari छण (chaṇ), Gujarati ક્ષણ (kṣaṇ), Chinese 剎那／刹那 (chànà).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʂəɳ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

क्षण • (kṣaṇ) m
* moment, instant (a short amount of time)

#### Declension
### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “क्षण”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “क्षण”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ক্ষণ (Assamese script)
* ᬓ᭄ᬱᬡ (Balinese script)
* ক্ষণ (Bengali script)
* 𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀡 (Brahmi script)
* က္ၑဏ (Burmese script)
* ક્ષણ (Gujarati script)
* ਕ੍ਸ਼ਣ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌣 (Grantha script)
* ꦏ꧀ꦰꦟ (Javanese script)
* 𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂝 (Kaithi script)
* ಕ್ಷಣ (Kannada script)
* ក្ឞណ (Khmer script)
* ກ຺ຩຓ (Lao script)
* ക്ഷണ (Malayalam script)
* ᡬᢢᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘜 (Modi script)
* ᢉᢔᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦮𑧠𑧌𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐞 (Newa script)
* କ୍ଷଣ (Odia script)
* ꢒ꣄ꢰꢠ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆟 (Sharada script)
* 𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖜 (Siddham script)
* ක්‍ෂණ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩪 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚊𑚶𑚘 (Takri script)
* க்ஷண (Tamil script)
* క్షణ (Telugu script)
* กฺษณ (Thai script)
* ཀྵ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Probably related to अक्षि (akṣi, “eye”), perhaps via a clipping of अभीक्ष्ण (abhīkṣṇa, “constant, perpetual, every moment”), which would be decomposed as अभि (abhi) + अक्षि (akṣi). Compare German Augenblick (“instant, moment”) for a similar semantic development from the same root.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kʂɐ.ɳɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈkʂɐ.ɳɐ/

### Noun

क्षण • (kṣaṇa) stem, m
* any instantaneous point of time, an instant, a moment
* leisure moment, vacant time
* a suitable or fit moment, an opportunity
* a festival

#### Descendants

* Magahi: 𑂎𑂢𑂱 (khani)
* Pali: khaṇa
** → Burmese: ခဏ (hka.na.)
** → Khmer: ខណៈ (khaʼnaʼ)
** → Lao: ຂະນະ (kha na)
** → Mon: ခၞ
** → Thai: ขณะ (kà-nà)
* Prakrit: 𑀔𑀡 (khaṇa)
** Old Hindi: खन (khana)
** Romani: kana
* Prakrit:
** Hindi: छिन (chin)
** Nepali: छिन (china)
** Marwari: छण (chaṇ), छिण (chiṇ)
* Bengali: খন (khon)
* → Classical Mongolian: ᠭᠱᠠᠨ (ɣšan)
** Mongolian: агшин (agšin), ᠭᠱᠠᠨ (ɣšan)
* → Middle Chinese: 剎那 (chat na)
** Chinese: 剎那／刹那 (chànà)
** → Japanese: 刹那 (setsuna)
** → Korean: 찰나(刹那) (challa)
** → Vietnamese: sát na
* → Gujarati: ક્ષણ (kṣaṇ)
* → Hindi: क्षण (kṣaṇ)
* → Kannada: ಕ್ಷಣ (kṣaṇa)
* → Marathi: क्षण (kṣaṇ)
* → Old Javanese: kṣaṇa
* → Classical Malay: سسں (sasana)
* → Tamil: கணம் (kaṇam)
* → Telugu: క్షణము (kṣaṇamu)

### References

* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) “kṣaṇa-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 131

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “क्षण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 324/3, 325/1.