कनीज़
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian کنیز (kanīz), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (knyck' /kanīzag/), diminutive of [Book Pahlavi needed] (knyk' /kanīg/, “maid”) from Proto-Iranian *kanyáH (“small girl; maiden”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanyáH, from Proto-Indo-European *ken-. Doublet of कन्या (kanyā). Compare Punjabi ਕਨੀਜ਼ (kanīz) / کَنیز (kanez).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
कनीज़ • (kanīz) f (Urdu spelling کنیز)
Declension edit
Declension of कनीज़ (fem cons-stem)
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “kanīz”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 165