| khan | खन् | cl. 1. P. khánati (impf. ákhanat; perf. cakhāna, 3. pl. cakhnur, [R. i]; Ā. cakhne, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 98]; pr. p. Ā. khánamāna, [RV. i, 179, 6]; [MBh. iii, 1897]; Impv. khanatāt, [AitBr.] [[Pāṇ. vii, 1, 44], [Kāś.]]; Pot. khanyāt or khāyāt, [Vop.]; Pass. khāyáte [[TS. vi]; [ŚBr. iii]] or khanyate, [MBh. xii]; [R.]; [Pañcat.]; inf. khanitum, [Pañcat.]), to dig, dig up, delve, turn up the soil, excavate, root up, [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.] &c.; to pierce (said of an arrow), [Bhartṛ.] (v.l.) : Caus. khānayati (once khan°, [R. ii, 80, 12]), to cause to dig or dig up, [ŚāṅkhŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.: Desid. cikhaniṣati, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 42], [Kāś.] : Intens. caṅkhanyate or cākhāyate, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 43]; caṅkhanti or cākhāti, [Vop.] |
| [cf. χαίνω, χανῶ, χώννυμι; Old Germ. ginēm, ginōm; Mod. Germ. gähne; Angl.Sax. cina, cinan; Lat. cuniculus, canalis.] |
| khanī | खनी | (ī), f. a mine, [L.] |
| (f. of °na, q.v.) |
| khana | खन | khaná mfn. digging, rooting up, [AV. xvi, 1, 3] (cf. mṛt-kh°) |
| khani | खनि | khaní mfn. ([Uṇ.]) digging or rooting up, [AV. xvi, 1, 7] |
| (is), f. a mine (esp. of precious stones), [Ragh. xvii, 66]; [xviii, 21]; [VarBṛS. lxxx, 10]; [Vop.] |
| a quarry, cave, [W.] |
| khanya | खन्य | khánya mf(A)n. ([Pāṇ. iii, 1, 123]) coming from excavations or ditches, [TS. vii, 4, 13, 1.] |
| khanakī | खनकी | f. a female digger or excavator, [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 145]; [Pat.]; [iv, 1, 41], [Kāś.] |
| khanaka | खनक | m. one who digs, digger, excavator, [MBh. iii, 640]; [R.] |
| a miner, [L.] |
| a house-breaker, thief, [L.] |
| a rat, [L.] |
| N. of a friend of Vidura, [MBh. i, 5798 f.] |
| khanana | खनन | n. the act of digging or excavating, [Daś.]; [Bhartṛ.]; [PSarv.] &c. |
| digging into the earth, burying, [PSarv.]; [Ragh. viii, 25], Sch. |
| khanati | खनति | m. N. of a man, [Daś. iii.] |
| khanika | खनिक | m. (= °naka) a house-breaker, thief, [Gal.] |
| khanitṛ | खनितृ | khanitṛ́ tā, m. a digger, delver, [RV. x, 97, 20]; [AV. iv, 6, 8]; [VS. xii, 100]; [Hit.] |
| khanitrā | खनित्रा | khanítrā f. id., [R. (ed. Bomb.) i, 40, 27] |
| khanitra | खनित्र | khanítra n. ([Pāṇ. iii, 2, 184]) an instrument for digging, spade, shovel, [RV. i, 179, 6]; [TāṇḍyaBr.]; [Lāṭy.]; [Mn.] &c. |
| khanítra m. N. of a prince, [VP.]; [BhP. ix, 2, 24]; [MārkP. cxviii, 9] and [20.] |
| khanitvā | खनित्वा | ind.p. having dug, [Hit.] |
| khanātaka | खनातक | mfn. dug up or unearthed with a spade, [ĀpŚr. xvii, 26.] |
| khananīya | खननीय | mfn. to be dug, [Bhaṭṭ. vi, 56], Sch. |
| khanapāna | खनपान | khana—pāna m. N. of a prince (son of Aṅga and father of Divi-ratha), [BhP. ix, 23, 6] (v.l. an-āp°). |
| khanīnetra | खनीनेत्र | khanī—netra m. (= °ni-n°) N. of the prince Karaṃdhama, [MBh. xiv, 70 f.] |
| khanayitrī | खनयित्री | f. a spade, [Pañcar.] |
| khaninetra | खनिनेत्र | khani—netra m. N. of the prince Karaṃdhama, [BhP. ix, 2, 25] (cf. khanī-n°.) |
| khanitraka | खनित्रक | n. a small shovel or scoop, [Pañcat.]; [Kathās. lxi, 109] |
| khanitrikā | खनित्रिका | f. id., [L.] |
| khanitrima | खनित्रिम | khanítrima mf(A)n. produced by digging, [RV. vii, 49, 2] |
| °tríma, [AV. i, 6, 4]; [v, 13, 9]; [xix, 2, 2.] |
| khanyavādin | खन्यवादिन् | khanya-vādin m. a mineralogist, [Mahāvy.] |