# खनति
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* khanati (Latin script)
* 𑀔𑀦𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* খনতি (Bengali script)
* ඛනති (Sinhalese script)
* ခနတိ or ၶၼတိ (Burmese script)
* ขนติ or ขะนะติ (Thai script)
* ᨡᨶᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
* ຂນຕິ or ຂະນະຕິ (Lao script)
* ខនតិ (Khmer script)
* 𑄈𑄚𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)
* khanati (Latin script)
* 𑀔𑀦𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* খনতি (Bengali script)
* ඛනති (Sinhalese script)
* ခနတိ or ၶၼတိ (Burmese script)
* ขนติ or ขะนะติ (Thai script)
* ᨡᨶᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
* ຂນຕິ or ຂະນະຕິ (Lao script)
* ខនតិ (Khmer script)
* 𑄈𑄚𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

### Verb

खनति (root khaṇ, first conjugation)
* Alternative form of खणति (khaṇati), which see for forms, and Devanagari script form of khanati.

### Adjective

खनति
* Devanagari script form of khanati, masculine/neuter locative singular of khanant, which is present active participle of khanati (“to dig”)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* খনতি (Assamese script)
* ᬔᬦᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
* খনতি (Bengali script)
* 𑰏𑰡𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀔𑀦𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ခနတိ (Burmese script)
* ખનતિ (Gujarati script)
* ਖਨਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌖𑌨𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦑꦤꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂎𑂢𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಖನತಿ (Kannada script)
* ខនតិ (Khmer script)
* ຂນຕິ (Lao script)
* ഖനതി (Malayalam script)
* ᡘᠠᠨᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘏𑘡𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠻᠠᠨᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦯𑧁𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐏𑐣𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଖନତି (Odia script)
* ꢓꢥꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆒𑆤𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖏𑖡𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
* ඛනති (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩝𑩯𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚋𑚝𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
* க²நதி (Tamil script)
* ఖనతి (Telugu script)
* ขนติ (Thai script)
* ཁ་ན་ཏི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒐𑒢𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨌𑨝𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kánati, from *kan- (“to dig”), with unetymological aspiration of the first consonant. Cognate with Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬥- (kan-, “to dig”), 𐬎𐬯-𐬐𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬌 (us-kəṇti), Old Persian 𐎣𐎴- (kan-, “to dig”) whence Persian کندن (kandan, “to dig”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kʰɐ́.nɐ.ti/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈkʰɐ.n̪ɐ.t̪i/

### Verb

खनति • (khanati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root खन्)
* to dig
** c. 300 BCE, Pañcatantra Dharmabuddhi ca duṣṭabuddhi:खन्यमाने च भूभागे यादासावार्थो न दृश्यते तदा दुष्टबुद्धिः स्वशिरस्ताडयन् ससम्भ्रममब्रवीत्...khanyamāne ca bhūbhāge yādāsāvārtho na dṛśyate tadā duṣṭabuddhiḥ svaśirastāḍayan sasambhramamabravīt...having dug the plot of land and not having seen such money, Duṣṭabuddhi, knocking his own head, said with embarrassment...

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kashmiri: کھَنُن (khanun)
** Pashayi:
*** Northwest Pashayi: khan-
*** Southeast Pashayi: xan-
* Pali: khanati, khāneti
** ⇒ Pali: khanāpeti
* Prakrit: 𑀔𑀡𑀇 (khaṇaï)
** Central:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀔𑀡𑀤𑀺 (khaṇadi)
**** Hindustani: khannā
    Hindi: खनना
    Urdu: کَھنْنا (khannā)
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Assamese: খন্দা (khonda)
**** Bengali: খনা (khona)
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Central Pahari:
***** Garhwali: खण्नु (khaṇnu)
***** Kumaoni: खण्णो (khaṇṇo)
**** Eastern Pahari:
***** Nepali: खन्नु (khannu)
****** ⇒ Nepali: खानाउनु (khānāunu)
** Northwestern:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Vracada Apabhramsa:
***** Sindhi: khaṇaṇu
    Arabic script: کَڻَڻُ
    Devanagari script: खणणु
** Southern:
*** Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀔𑀡𑀇 (khaṇaï)
**** Konkani: khaṇce, khaṇūka
    Devanagari script: खण्चे, खणूक
    Kannada script: ಖಣ್ಛೆ, ಖಂನೂಕ
    Latin script: khannche, khannuk
**** Old Marathi: 𑘏𑘜𑘜𑘹 (khaṇaṇe), 𑘏𑘰𑘜𑘜𑘹 (khāṇaṇe, “to dig”)
***** Marathi: khaṇṇe
    Devanagari script: खणणे
    Modi script: 𑘏𑘜𑘜𑘹
***** Varhadi: khānna (< Old Marathi 𑘏𑘰𑘜𑘜𑘹 (khāṇaṇe))
    Devanagari script: खाननं
    Modi script: 𑘏𑘰𑘡𑘡𑘽
**** Dhivehi: ކޮންނަނީ (kon̊nanī)
**** Sinhalese: කනිනවා (kaninawā)
** Western:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀔𑀡𑀤𑀺 (khaṇadi)
**** Hindustani: khannā
    Hindi: खनना
    Urdu: کَھنْنا (khannā)
**** Gujarati: ખાણવું (khāṇvũ)

#### References

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