any minute particle, atom · a grain, grain of corn, single seed · a grain or particle (of dust)
çekim: çoğul कणाः॑ · tamlayan कण॑स्य
köken: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kánas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kánas, from Proto-Indo-European *kón-os, from *ken- (“dust, ashes”); if so, then cognate with Latin cinis, Ancient Greek κόνις (kónis). Alternatively, related to कनीयस् (kanīyas, “younger, smaller”).