खाँग

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit, from Sanskrit खाड्ग (khāḍga, “coming from a rhinoceros”). Compare Assamese খং (khoṅ), খাগ (khag).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kʰɑːŋɡ/, [kʰä̃ːŋɡ]

Noun

खाँग • (khāṅg) m (Urdu spelling کھانگ)

1. (anatomy) horn, tusk (of a rhinoceros, boar, etc. but not of an elephant)

   Synonym: खँगुवा (khaṅguvā)

   Hypernym: सींग (sīṅg)

   गैंडे का खाँग ― gaiṇḍe kā khāṅg ― rhinoceros horn

2. (anatomy) talon, claw (of a bird)
3. spike, thorn

Declension

Declension of खाँग (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	खाँग khāṅg	खाँग khāṅg
oblique	खाँग khāṅg	खाँगों khāṅgõ
vocative	खाँग khāṅg	खाँगो khāṅgo

References

• Hardev Bahri (2013) “खाँग”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश, Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khaḍgá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press