कनीयस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কনীয়স্ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬦᬷᬬᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• কনীয়স্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰡𑰱𑰧𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀦𑀻𑀬𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ကနီယသ် (Burmese script)
• કનીયસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਨੀਯਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌨𑍀𑌯𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦤꦷꦪꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂢𑂲𑂨𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಕನೀಯಸ್ (Kannada script)
• កនីយស៑ (Khmer script)
• ກນີຍສ຺ (Lao script)
• കനീയസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᠨᡳᡳᠶᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘡𑘲𑘧𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᠨᠢᠢᠶ᠋ᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧁𑧓𑧇𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐣𑐷𑐫𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• କନୀଯସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢥꢷꢫꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆤𑆵𑆪𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖡𑖱𑖧𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• කනීයස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩯𑩑𑩛𑩻𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚝𑚯𑚣𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• கநீயஸ் (Tamil script)
• కనీయస్ (Telugu script)
• กนียสฺ (Thai script)
• ཀ་ནཱི་ཡ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒢𑒲𑒨𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨝𑨁𑨊𑨪𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Related to कन्या (kanyā, “maiden, virgin”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.niː.jɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐˈn̪iː.jɐs̪/

Adjective

कनीयस् • (kanīyas) stem

1. younger (like a younger brother or sister, younger son or daughter)
2. smaller, less, inferior, very small or insignificant

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कनीयस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 248/3, 249/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 297