क्षण

Borrowed from Sanskrit क्षण (kṣaṇa). Compare Rajasthani छण (chaṇ), Gujarati ક્ષણ (kṣaṇ), Chinese 剎那 (chànà).

• IPA^(key): /kʃən/

क्षण • (kṣaṇ) m (Urdu spelling کشن‎)

1. an instant, the blink of an eye (a short amount of time)
2. a moment

Borrowed from Sanskrit क्षण (kṣaṇa). Compare Rajasthani छण (chaṇ), Gujarati ક્ષણ (kṣaṇ), Chinese 剎那 (chànà).

• IPA^(key): [(k)ʂəɳ], [(k)ʃəɳ]

क्षण • (kṣaṇ) m

1. moment, instant (a short amount of time)

• Maxine Berntsen (1982-1983), “क्षण”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• James Thomas Molesworth (1857), “क्षण”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʂɐ.ɳɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʂɐ.ɳɐ/

क्षण • (kṣaṇa) m

1. any instantaneous point of time, an instant, a moment
2. leisure moment, vacant time
3. a suitable or fit moment, an opportunity
4. a festival

• Pali: khaṇa
  • → Burmese: ခဏ (hka.na.)
  • → Khmer: ខណៈ (khaʾnaʾ)
  • → Thai: ขณะ (kà-nà)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀔𑀡 (khaṇa)
  • Old Hindi: खन (khana)
• → Bengali: ক্ষণ (kkhôṇ)
• → Middle Chinese: 剎那 (chat na)
  • → Chinese: 剎那 (chànà)
  • → Japanese: 刹那 (setsuna)
  • → Korean: 찰나 (challa)
  • → Vietnamese: sát na
• → Gujarati: ક્ષણ (kṣaṇ)
• → Hindi: क्षण (kṣaṇ)
• → Kannada: ಕ್ಷಣ (kṣaṇa)
• → Mongolian: агшин (agšin)
• → Marathi: क्षण (kṣaṇ)
• → Telugu: క్షణము (kṣaṇamu)