masculine (or neuter)
Koñca 1 [cf. Sanskrit krauñca and kruñc] the heron, often in combination with mayūra (peacock): Thag 1113; Vv 11 1 , 35 8 ; Ja V 304; VI 272; or with haṃsa Pv II 12 3 . — Explained as sārasa Vv-a 57; jiṇṇa° an old heron Dhp 155. Koñca 2 = abbreviation of koñca-nāda, trumpeting, in koñcaṃ karoti to trumpet (of elephants) Vin III 109; Ja VI 497. -nāda the trumpeting of an elephant ("the heron's cry") [not with Morris, JPTS 1887, 163 f. to kruñc. (meaning to bend, cf. Latin crux, English ridge), but probably a contamination of krośa, from krus to crow, and kuñja = kuñjara, elephant (q.v.). Partly suggested at Divy 251; see also explained at Vv-a 35, where this connection is quite evident] Ja I 50; Miln 76 (in etymological play with koñca); Vv-a 35. -rāva = preceding Dhp-a IV 70. -vādikā a kind of bird Ja VI 538.
a trumpeting noise; (masculine) a land of bird, prob, a heron or crane; (possibly a curlew)
【陽】 蒼鷺。~nāda,【陽】 參考 Kuñcanāda。
(masc, masc) heron; curlew; aquatic bird heron Construction: √kuñc > koñc + *a