The Sanskrit term Kṣṇu can be transliterated into English as Ksnu or Kshnu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kṣṇu (क्ष्णु).—2 P. (kṣṇauti, kṣṇuta) To whet, sharpen; वाचं क्ष्णुवानो दमयन्त्सपत्नान् (vācaṃ kṣṇuvāno damayantsapatnān) Av.5.2.1. -With [saṃ] (Ā.) to sharpen (fig. also); संक्ष्णुवान इवोत्कण्ठामुपाभुङ्क्त सुरामलम् (saṃkṣṇuvāna ivotkaṇṭhāmupābhuṅkta surāmalam) Bhaṭṭikāvya 8.4.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kṣṇu (क्ष्णु).—r. 2nd cl. (kṣṇoti or with sam prefixed saṃkṣṇute) To whet, to sharpen. (kṣṇote) To take away, to remove.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kṣṇu (क्ष्णु).— (a syncope of 3. kṣi + ṇu) ii. 2, [Parasmaipada.] To sharpen.

— Cf. [Gothic.] hnuto.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kṣṇu (क्ष्णु).—kṣṇoti whet, sharpen.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Kṣṇu (क्ष्णु):—[class] 2. [Parasmaipada] kṣṇauti ([Dhātupāṭha xxiv, 28]; [future] 1st kṣṇavitā, [Pāṇini 7-2, 10; Siddhānta-kaumudī]; [present participle] kṣṇuvāṇa),

—to whet, sharpen, [Atharva-veda v, 20, 1];—(cf. [Greek] ξύω, ξυρόν, kṣura.)

2) Kṣṇū (क्ष्णू):—[from kṣṇu] f. the pointed end of a scraper or shovel, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kṣṇu (क्ष्णु):—(la, ṅa) kṣṇauti 2. a. To whet or sharpen. With saṃ saṃkṣṇate 2. d.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kshnu in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Kshnut, Kshnuta.

Ends with: Avakshnu, Batris lakshnu, Damkshnu, Dankshnu, Pakshnu, Parimarkshnu, Prakshnu, Sakshnu, Samkshnu, Ubhayatahkshnu.

Full-text: Pakshnu, Kshnuta, Kshnut, Avakshnu, Ubhayatahkshnu, Kshnotra, Sakshnu, Sankshnuvana, Samkshnu, Prakshnu, Khura, Kshura, Abhikshnam.

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