# कनक
## Braj
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कनक (kánaka).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kə.nək/

### Noun

कनक (kanak) m
* gold
    कनक खंभ मरकत मनि हों, हीराखचित अमोल ― kanak khambh markat mani hõ, hīrākhcit amol ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /kə.nək/, [kɐ.nɐk]

### Etymology 1

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit कणिक (kaṇika). Doublet of कणिक (kaṇik) and कनिक (kanik).

#### Noun

कनक • (kanak) m (Urdu spelling کنک)
* wheat flour
    Synonym: गेहूँ का आटा (gehū̃ kā āṭā)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कनक (kánaka).

#### Noun

कनक • (kanak) m (Urdu spelling کنک) (rare, formal)
* gold
    Synonyms: सोना (sonā), स्वर्ण (svarṇ)
* thorn apple
    Synonym: (more common) धतूरा (dhatūrā)

##### Declension
### Further reading

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कनक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* Platts, John T. (1884) “कनक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कनक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* কনক (Assamese script)
* ᬓᬦᬓ (Balinese script)
* কনক (Bengali script)
* 𑰎𑰡𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀓𑀦𑀓 (Brahmi script)
* ကနက (Burmese script)
* કનક (Gujarati script)
* ਕਨਕ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌕𑌨𑌕 (Grantha script)
* ꦏꦤꦏ (Javanese script)
* 𑂍𑂢𑂍 (Kaithi script)
* ಕನಕ (Kannada script)
* កនក (Khmer script)
* ກນກ (Lao script)
* കനക (Malayalam script)
* ᡬᠠᠨᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘎𑘡𑘎 (Modi script)
* ᢉᠠᠨᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦮𑧁𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐎𑐣𑐎 (Newa script)
* କନକ (Odia script)
* ꢒꢥꢒ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆑𑆤𑆑 (Sharada script)
* 𑖎𑖡𑖎 (Siddham script)
* කනක (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩜𑩯𑩜 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚊𑚝𑚊 (Takri script)
* கநக (Tamil script)
* కనక (Telugu script)
* กนก (Thai script)
* ཀ་ན་ཀ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒏𑒢𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨋𑨝𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Unknown, possibly related to काञ्चन (kāñcana, “gold”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kɐ́.nɐ.kɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈkɐ.n̪ɐ.kɐ/

### Noun

कनक • (kánaka) stem, n
* gold
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:सुवर्ण

#### Descendants

* Pali: kanaka
* Prakrit: 𑀓𑀡𑀬 (kaṇaya)
* → Bengali: কনক (konok) (learned)
* → Hindi: कनक (kanak) (learned)
* → Braj: कनक (kanak) (learned)

### Noun

कनक • (kánaka) stem, m
* a kind of decoration
* name of several plants
** Ceylon ironwood, cobra saffron (Mesua ferrea)
** champak (Magnolia champaca)
** Butea frondosa
** Bauhinia variegata
** Kasaunda, kasondi senna, hasundari, pepper-leaved senna (Senna sophera, syn. Cassia sophera)
** thorn apple
** a kind of bdellium
** a kind of sandalwood

#### Declension
### Adjective

कनक • (kánaka) stem
* made of gold

#### Declension
### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “कनक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 248, column 2.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “कनक”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 296
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kánaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press