कर्ण

Etymology
., a tadbhava.

Noun

 * 1)  ear
 * 2)  hypotenuse
 * 3)  helm, rudder
 * 1)  helm, rudder

Etymology
Of uncertain origin.

Likely related to 🇨🇬, and perhaps to 🇨🇬; however, Fraenkel's presupposition that "defect of the ear" was the original meaning of the common root and that Sanskrit later developed the more basal meaning of "ear" from the "defect" meaning is suspect.

Pischel takes the original meaning as "point, spike"; under this view, could be related. However, a convincing etymological path for this has not been found.

Zupitsa connects this with Russian Church Slavonic črĕnъ, from a common root meaning "handle, grip".

Finally, others have connected this word to.

Noun

 * 1)  ear
 * 2)  the handle or ear of a vessel
 * 3)  the helm or rudder of a ship
 * 4)  the hypotenuse of a triangle or the diagonal of a quadrilateral
 * 5) diameter (of a circle)
 * 6)  spondee

Descendants

 * Dardic: