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Monier-Williams · khan
khan cl. 1. P. khánati (impf. ákhanat ‖ perf. cakhāna, 3. pl. cakhnur i ‖ Ā. cakhne 6-4, 98 ‖ pr. p. Ā. khánamāna i, 179, 6 iii, 1897 ‖ Impv. khanatāt [ 7-1, 44 ] ‖ Pot. khanyāt or khāyāt ‖ Pass. khāyáte [ vi iii] or khanyate xii ‖ inf. khanitum ), to dig, dig up, delve, turn up the soil, excavate, √up &c ‖ to pierce (said of an arrow) (v. l.): Caus. khānayati (once khan ii, 80, 12), to cause to dig or dig up &c.: Desid. cikhaniṣati 6-4, 42 : Intens. caṅkhanyate or cākhāyate 6-4, 43 ‖ caṅkhanti or cākhāti [cf. ?, ?, ? ; Old Germ. {gine1m