کانچ

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Hindi کانچ (kanc /⁠kā̃c⁠/) (c. 1699)[1] / کاچ (kac /⁠kāc⁠/) (c. 1564),[2] from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀘 (kacca), from Sanskrit काच (kāca).

Pronunciation

Noun

کان٘چ • (kā̃c) m (Hindi spelling काँच)

  1. glass (substance)
    Synonym: شِیشَہ (śīśa)

Declension

Declension of کانچ
singular plural
direct کان٘چ (kā̃c) کان٘چ (kā̃c)
oblique کان٘چ (kā̃c) کان٘چوں (kā̃cõ)
vocative کان٘چ (kā̃c) کان٘چو (kā̃co)

References

  1. ^ “کانچ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ “کانچ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Further reading

  • “کانچ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “کانچ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “کانچ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • Fallon, S. W. (1879), “کانچ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834), “کانچ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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