کنیز
Persian
Etymology
A variant of کنیزک (kanīzak), from Middle Persian [script needed] (knyck' /kanīzag/), diminutive of [script needed] (knyk' /kanīg/, “maid”) from Proto-Iranian *kanyáH (“small girl; maiden”) from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to arise, begin”)
Noun
کنیز • (kaniz)