# खण्ड
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /kʰəɳɖ/, [kʰɐ̃ɳɖ]

### Noun

खण्ड • (khaṇḍ) m (Urdu spelling کھنڈ)
* Alternative spelling of खंड (khaṇḍ)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* काण्ड (kā́ṇḍa), काण्ड (kāṇḍá)

### Alternative scripts

* খণ্ড (Assamese script)
* ᬔᬡ᭄ᬟ (Balinese script)
* খণ্ড (Bengali script)
* 𑰏𑰜𑰿𑰚 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀔𑀡𑁆𑀟 (Brahmi script)
* ခဏ္ဍ (Burmese script)
* ખણ્ડ (Gujarati script)
* ਖਣ੍ਡ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌖𑌣𑍍𑌡 (Grantha script)
* ꦑꦟ꧀ꦝ (Javanese script)
* 𑂎𑂝𑂹𑂙 (Kaithi script)
* ಖಣ್ಡ (Kannada script)
* ខណ្ឌ (Khmer script)
* ຂຓ຺ຑ (Lao script)
* ഖണ്ഡ (Malayalam script)
* ᡘᠠᢏᡷᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘏𑘜𑘿𑘚 (Modi script)
* ᠻᠠᢏᢎᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦯𑦼𑧠𑦺 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐏𑐞𑑂𑐜 (Newa script)
* ଖଣ୍ଡ (Odia script)
* ꢓꢠ꣄ꢞ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆒𑆟𑇀𑆝 (Sharada script)
* 𑖏𑖜𑖿𑖚 (Siddham script)
* ඛණ‍්ඩ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩝𑩪 𑪙𑩨 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚋𑚘𑚶𑚖 (Takri script)
* க²ண்ட³ (Tamil script)
* ఖణ్డ (Telugu script)
* ขณฺฑ (Thai script)
* ཁ་ཎྜ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒐𑒝𑓂𑒛 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨌𑨘𑩇𑨖 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

An internally-derived word, likely of non-Indo-European, probably Dravidian origin; compare Tamil கண்டு (kaṇṭu, “hard candy”), கண்டம் (kaṇṭam, “piece, part”), Tamil கட்டு (kaṭṭu, “to harden, condense”), Tamil கண்டி (kaṇṭi, “to cut”). Watkins instead suggests a borrowing from Munda, while Mayrhofer mentions a potential connection to क्षद् (kṣad, “to cut, carve”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kʰɐɳ.ɖɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈkʰɐɳ.ɖɐ/

### Noun

खण्ड • (khaṇḍa) stem, m or n
* a break, gap
* a chip, piece, slice, bit, portion, fragment
* clause, chapter, section (of a work, document)
* candied sugar, dried molasses, treacle
* (archaic) a variety of sugar cane
* a continent
* (algebra) a term in an equation
* a party, number, multitude, assemblage

#### Declension
### Noun

खण्ड • (khaṇḍa) stem, m
* a flaw in a jewel
* a calf with horns half-grown
* (music) a kind of measure

### Adjective

खण्ड • (khaṇḍa) stem
* broken, having chasms or gaps or breaks
* deficient, defective, crippled
* not full (as the moon)

#### Descendants

* Pali: khaṇḍa (“piece”), khaṇḍikā (“broken bit, stick”)
* Dardic:
** Kalasha: khōṇḍa (“half”)
** Kashmiri: کھونڈ (khonḍụ, “broken, maimed”)
* Western:
** Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਖੰਨਾ (khannā), ਖੰਨੀ (khannī)
    Shahmukhi script: کھَنَّا (khannā), کھَنِّی (khanniī)
**** Lahnda: کھنا (“piece, a scrap of bread”)
** Sindhi:
    Devanagari script: खनु (khanu), खनी (khanī)
    Arabic script: کَنُ (khanu), کَنِي (khanī)
* Central:
** Gujarati: ખાંદું (khā̃dũ, “broken”)
** Hindustani:
*** Hindi: खंडा (khaṇḍā)
*** Urdu: کھَنڈَا
** Romani: xai̦i
*** Romano-Greek: xandí, xanrík (“a little”), xarno (“humble, low”)
* Eastern:
** Assamese: -খন (-khon)
** Bengali: -খান (-khan), -খানা (-khana), -খানি (-khani)
** Bihari: खंडा, खाँड़ी (“a woman's sari”)
*** Bhojpuri: खाँड़ा (khā̃ṛā, “piece”)
* Northern:
** Kumaoni: खन (khan, “half”), खानुड़ो (khānuṛo, “piece”)
** Nepali: खणेउलि (khaṇeuli, “broken bits of rice”)
* Southern:
** Marathi: खंड (khaṇḍa, “piece”), खंडोळें (khaṇḍoḷẽ, “piece”)
** Sinhalese: කඩ (kaḍa, “broken piece, piece, piece of cloth”)
Borrowed Terms
* → Gawar-Bati: کھݨڈ (khaṇḍa, “hill pasture”)
* → Bengali: খণ্ড (khonḍo)
* → Hindustani: (learned)
** Hindi: खंड (khaṇḍ)
** Urdu: کھنڈ
* → Punjabi: (learned)
** Punjabi: ਖੰਡ (khaṇḍ)
* → Persian: کند (kand) (see there for further descendants)
* → Telugu: ఖండము (khaṇḍamu)

### References

* 1 2 Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “KHAṆḌ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 444
* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “candy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
* ↑ “candy”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “खण्ड”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 336/1.