kaññā

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀓𑀜𑁆𑀜𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• कञ्ञा (Devanagari script)
• কঞ্ঞা (Bengali script)
• කඤ‍්ඤා (Sinhalese script)
• ကညာ or ၵၺ္ၺႃ or ၵၺ်ၺႃ (Burmese script)
• กญฺญา or กัญญา (Thai script)
• ᨠᨬ᩠ᨬᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ກຎ຺ຎາ or ກັຎຎາ (Lao script)
• កញ្ញា (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄐𑄴𑄐𑄂 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कन्या (kanyā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanyáH (“maiden, virgin, unmarried girl”). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸 (kaṇṇā).

Noun

kaññā f

1. maiden; girl

Declension

Declension table of "kaññā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	kaññā	kaññāyo or kaññā
Accusative (second)	kaññaṃ	kaññāyo or kaññā
Instrumental (third)	kaññāya	kaññāhi or kaññābhi
Dative (fourth)	kaññāya	kaññānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	kaññāya	kaññāhi or kaññābhi
Genitive (sixth)	kaññāya	kaññānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	kaññāya or kaññāyaṃ	kaññāsu
Vocative (calling)	kaññe	kaññāyo or kaññā

Descendants

• → Burmese: ကညာ (ka.nya)
  • → Shan: ၵၼ်ႇၺႃႇ (kàn nyàa)
• → Khmer: កញ្ញា (kaññaa)

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “kaññā”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 176
• A. P. Buddhadatta Mahāthera (1958) Concise Pāli-English Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, page 88
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kanyāˋ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 137