कन्दर

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

কন্দৰ (Assamese script)
ᬓᬦ᭄ᬤᬭ (Balinese script)
কন্দর (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑀦𑁆𑀤𑀭 (Brahmi script)
ကန္ဒရ (Burmese script)
કન્દર (Gujarati script)
ਕਨ੍ਦਰ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌰 (Grantha script)
ꦏꦤ꧀ꦢꦫ (Javanese script)
𑂍𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂩 (Kaithi script)
ಕನ್ದರ (Kannada script)
កន្ទរ (Khmer script)
ກນ຺ທຣ (Lao script)
കന്ദര (Malayalam script)
ᡬᠠᠨᡩᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘨 (Modi script)
ᢉᠠᠨᢑᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑐣𑑂𑐡𑐬 (Newa script)
କନ୍ଦର (Odia script)
ꢒꢥ꣄ꢣꢬ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑆤𑇀𑆢𑆫 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖨 (Siddham script)
කන්‍දර (Sinhalese script)
𑩜𑩯 𑪙𑩭𑩼 (Soyombo script)
𑚊𑚝𑚶𑚛𑚤 (Takri script)
கந்த³ர (Tamil script)
కన్దర (Telugu script)
กนฺทร (Thai script)
ཀ་ནྡ་ར (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑒢𑓂𑒠𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑨝𑩇𑨛𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably related to Tocharian B knerwanta (“fissure, crevice”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐn.dɐ.ɾɐ/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐn̪.d̪ɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

कन्दर • (kandara) stem, m

"great cliff", an artificial or natural cave, glen, defile, valley

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कन्दर (kandara)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कन्दरः kandaraḥ	कन्दरौ / कन्दरा¹ kandarau / kandarā¹	कन्दराः / कन्दरासः¹ kandarāḥ / kandarāsaḥ¹
Vocative	कन्दर kandara	कन्दरौ / कन्दरा¹ kandarau / kandarā¹	कन्दराः / कन्दरासः¹ kandarāḥ / kandarāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कन्दरम् kandaram	कन्दरौ / कन्दरा¹ kandarau / kandarā¹	कन्दरान् kandarān
Instrumental	कन्दरेण kandareṇa	कन्दराभ्याम् kandarābhyām	कन्दरैः / कन्दरेभिः¹ kandaraiḥ / kandarebhiḥ¹
Dative	कन्दराय kandarāya	कन्दराभ्याम् kandarābhyām	कन्दरेभ्यः kandarebhyaḥ
Ablative	कन्दरात् kandarāt	कन्दराभ्याम् kandarābhyām	कन्दरेभ्यः kandarebhyaḥ
Genitive	कन्दरस्य kandarasya	कन्दरयोः kandarayoḥ	कन्दराणाम् kandarāṇām
Locative	कन्दरे kandare	कन्दरयोः kandarayoḥ	कन्दरेषु kandareṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “कन्दर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 249.

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