कनीयस्
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Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative scripts[edit]
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[edit]
Related to कन्या (kanyā, “maiden, virgin”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
कनीयस् • (kanīyas) stem
- younger (like a younger brother or sister, younger son or daughter)
- smaller, less, inferior, very small or insignificant
Declension[edit]
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
References[edit]
- 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