# खन्
## Nepali
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kʰʌn]
* Phonetic Devanagari: खन्

### Verb

खन् • (khan)
* inflection of खन्नु (khannu):
** stem
** low-respectful second-person singular imperative

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* খন্ (Assamese script)
* ᬔᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
* খন্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰏𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀔𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ခန် (Burmese script)
* ખન્ (Gujarati script)
* ਖਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌖𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦑꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂎𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಖೝ (Kannada script)
* ខន៑ (Khmer script)
* ຂນ຺ (Lao script)
* ഖന് (Malayalam script)
* ᡘᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
* 𑘏𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠻᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦯𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐏𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଖନ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢓꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆒𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖏𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
* ඛන් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩝𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚋𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
* க²ந் (Tamil script)
* ఖౝ (Telugu script)
* ขนฺ (Thai script)
* ཁ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒐𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨌𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanH- (“to dig”), though the aspiration is unexplained: probably either spurious/onomatopoeic or due to contamination from the unrelated root of खा (khā́, “spring, source”).

### Root

खन् • (khan)
* to dig, dig up, delve, turn up the soil, excavate, root up
* to pierce (said of an arrow)

#### Derived terms
##### Primary Verbal Forms

* खनति (khanati, Present)
* खनिष्यति (khaniṣyati, Future)
* खनिता (khanitā, Periphrastic Future)
* अखनीत् (akhanīt, Aorist)
* अखानीत् (akhānīt, Aorist)
* खन्यात् (khanyāt, Benedictive)
* खायात् (khāyāt, Benedictive)
* चखान (cakhāna, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* खायते (khāyate, Passive)
* खन्यते (khanyate, Passive)
* खानयति (khānayati, Causative)
* अचीखनत् (acīkhanat, Causative Aorist)
* चिखनिषति (cikhaniṣati, Desiderative)
* चङ्खन्यते (caṅkhanyate, Intensive)
* चाखायते (cākhāyate, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* खात (khātá, Past Participle)
* खनितुम् (khánitum, Infinitive)
* खनित्वा (khanitvā, Gerund)
* खात्वा (khātvā, Gerund)
* खात्वी (khātvī, Gerund)
* खाय (khāya, Gerund)
* खानम् (khānam, Gerund)
* खननीय (khananīya, Gerundive)
* खान्य (khānya, Gerundive)
* खेय (kheya, Gerundive)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* ख (khá)
* खा (khā)
* खन (khaná)
* खनक (khanaka)
* खनन (khanana)
* खनि (khaní)
* खनितृ (khanitṛ́)
* खनित्र (khanítra)
* खर (khara)
* खातृ (khātṛ)
* खानक (khānaka)
* खानि (khāni)
* खु (khu)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “खन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 336/3.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 32
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 445-6
* Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “khan$^i$”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 275–276
* Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*kanH$^1$”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 232–233