कनीज़
Hindi
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
editNoun
editकनीज़ • (kanīz) f (Urdu spelling کنیز)
Declension
editDeclension of कनीज़ (fem cons-stem)
References
edit- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “kanīz”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 165
Categories:
- Hindi terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Hindi terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ken-
- Hindi terms borrowed from Classical Persian
- Hindi terms derived from Classical Persian
- Hindi terms derived from Middle Persian
- Hindi terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- Hindi terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Hindi doublets
- Hindi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hindi/iːz
- Rhymes:Hindi/iːz/2 syllables
- Hindi lemmas
- Hindi nouns
- Hindi feminine nouns
- Hindi feminine consonant-stem nouns