# कोण
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कोण (koṇa).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /koːɳ/, [kõːɳ]

### Noun

कोण • (koṇ) m
* (geometry) angle
* corner
    Synonym: कोना (konā)

#### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कोण”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Konkani
### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कः पुनर् (kaḥ punar). Cognate to Marathi कोण (koṇ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [koɳ]

### Pronoun

कोण • (koṇ) (Latin script konn, Kannada script ಕೊಣ್)
* who...?

## Marathi
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi कवण (kavaṇa), कव्हण (kavhaṇa), from Sanskrit कः पुनर् (kaḥ punar, “who”). Cognate with Bengali কোন (kōn), Gujarati કોણ (koṇ), Hindi कौन (kaun).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /koɳ/

### Pronoun

कोण • (koṇ)
* (interrogative) who
    हे कोण?he koṇ?Who is this?

### See also

* कधी (kadhī)
* कसे (kase)
* का (kā)
* काय (kāy)
* कोणते (koṇte)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “कोण”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “कोण”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “कोण”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kaḥ_punar”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* কোণ (Assamese script)
* ᬓᭀᬡ (Balinese script)
* কোণ (Bengali script)
* 𑰎𑰺𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀓𑁄𑀡 (Brahmi script)
* ကောဏ (Burmese script)
* કોણ (Gujarati script)
* ਕੋਣ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌕𑍋𑌣 (Grantha script)
* ꦏꦺꦴꦟ (Javanese script)
* 𑂍𑂷𑂝 (Kaithi script)
* ಕೋಣ (Kannada script)
* កោណ (Khmer script)
* ໂກຓ (Lao script)
* കോണ (Malayalam script)
* ᡬᠣᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘎𑘻𑘜 (Modi script)
* ᢉᠣᠸᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦮𑧜𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐎𑑀𑐞 (Newa script)
* କୋଣ (Odia script)
* ꢒꣂꢠ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆑𑆾𑆟 (Sharada script)
* 𑖎𑖺𑖜 (Siddham script)
* කොණ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩜𑩕𑩪 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚊𑚴𑚘 (Takri script)
* கோண (Tamil script)
* కోణ (Telugu script)
* โกณ (Thai script)
* ཀོ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒏𑒼𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨋𑨆𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kɐw.ɳɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈkoː.ɳɐ/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dravidian. Compare Tamil கோணம் (kōṇam).

#### Noun

कोण • (koṇa) stem, m
* a corner, angle
* an intermediate point of the compass
* (by extension) the number, ‘four’
* the quill of a lute, fiddle-stick, drum-stick
* a sort of musical instrument, stringed musical instrument
* the sharp edge of a sword
* a staff, club

##### Descendants

* Assamese: কোণ (kün)
* Bengali: কোণ (kōn), কাঁনাচ (kãnac)
* Dhivehi: ކަން (kan̊)
* Old Marathi: कोन (kona), कोना (konā), कोणा (koṇā)
** Marathi: कोन (kon), कोना (konā), कोण (koṇ)
* Konkani: कोन (kon), कोण (koṇ)
* Odia: କଣ (kaṇa), କୋଣ (koṇa)
* Pali: koṇa
** Burmese: ဂံ (gam)
** Khmer: កោណ (kaon)
* Punjabi: ਕੋਨਾ (konnā)
* → Hindi: कोण (koṇ) (learned)
* → Telugu: కోణము (kōṇamu) (learned)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κρόνος (Krónos). Compare आस्फुजित् (āsphujit, “Venus”), आर (āra, “Mars”), ज्यौ (jyau, “Jupiter”), and होरा (horā, “hour”), various astronomical terms in Sanskrit derived from Greek.

#### Proper noun

कोण • (koṇa) stem, m
* the planet Saturn
    Synonym: शनि (śani)

##### Alternative forms

* क्रोड (kroḍa)

### References

* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kōṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 271