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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kvaṇa (क्वण) or Kvāṇa (क्वाण).—

1) A sound in general.

2) The sound of any musical instrument.

-naḥ A small earthen pot or boiler.

Derivable forms: kvaṇaḥ (क्वणः), kvāṇaḥ (क्वाणः).

See also (synonyms): kvaṇana, kvaṇita.

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Kvāṇa (क्वाण).—Sound; सरत्नकङ्कणक्वाणवितीर्णकरतालिके (saratnakaṅkaṇakvāṇavitīrṇakaratālike) Kathāsaritsāgara 12.16.

Derivable forms: kvāṇaḥ (क्वाणः).

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

Kvaṇa (क्वण).—m.

(-ṇaḥ) 1. The sound or tone of any musical instrument 2. Sound in general. E. kvaṇ to sound, ap affix; also kvāṇa.

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Kvāṇa (क्वाण).—m.

(-ṇaḥ) The sound of musical instruments. E. kvaṇ to sound, affix ghañḥ see kvaṇa.

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

Kvāṇa (क्वाण).—[masculine] sound.

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

1) Kvaṇa (क्वण):—[from kvaṇ] m. the sound or tone of any musical instrument, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] sound in general, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Kvāna (क्वान):—[from kvaṇ] m. sounding, sound (especially of a musical instrument), [Sāhitya-darpaṇa 732 [Scholiast or Commentator]; Kathāsaritsāgara cxx, 106.]

4) Kvāṇa (क्वाण):—See √kvaṇ.

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

1) Kvaṇa (क्वण):—(ṇaḥ) 1. m. Sound; tone of any musical instrument.

2) Kvāṇa (क्वाण):—(ṇaḥ) 1. m. Sound; the sound of a musical instrument.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Kvaṇa (क्वण) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kaṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kvana in German

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kvaṇa (ಕ್ವಣ):—

1) [noun] the sharp, slight metallic sound (as of ornaments, glasses, etc.); a clinking sound.

2) [noun] the sound emanated from a string of a musical instrument, as vīṇe, when plucked with little jerking movements of the fingers.

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Kvāṇa (ಕ್ವಾಣ):—[noun] = ಕ್ವಣ [kvana].

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Kvanakvanita, Kvanana, Kvanat, Kvanatkamkana.

Ends with: Avakvana, Cakvana, Cikvana, Gumkvana, Gunkvana, Katukvana, Kharakvana, Makvana, Nikvana, Nishchukvana, Nishcukvana, Pakvana, Prakvana, Sakvana, Shushukvana, Sukvana, Upakvana, Vinakvana.

Full-text: Kana, Katukvana, Prakvana, Kharakvana, Nikvana, Avakvana, Upakvana, Kvanana, Kvanita, Kvaṇ, Kvanat, Sakvana, Kuṇinda, Gumkara, Gumkvana, Sukvana, Kharakona, Nishcukkana.

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