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कन्या

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Hindi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कन्या (kanyā). Doublet of कनीज़ (kanīz).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /kən.jɑː/, [kɐ̃ɲ.jäː]

Noun

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कन्या (kanyāf (Urdu spelling کنیا)

  1. girl
    Synonym: लड़की (laṛkī)
  2. virgin
    Synonyms: कुँआरी (kũārī), कुमारी (kumārī)
  3. daughter
    Synonyms: (rare) दुख़्तर (duxtar), पुत्री (putrī), बेटी (beṭī)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Proper noun

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कन्या (kanyāf (Urdu spelling کنیا)

  1. (astrology, astronomy) Virgo

References

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Marathi

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कन्या (kanyā). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘎𑘡𑘿𑘧𑘰 (kanyā).

Noun

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कन्या (kanyāf

  1. girl
    Synonym: मुलगी (mulgī)
  2. daughter
    Synonyms: मुलगी (mulgī), लेक (lek)
  3. (astronomy) The constellation Virgo
  4. (astrology) the sign of the zodiac Virgo
  5. virgin
    Synonym: कुमारी (kumārī)

Declension

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Declension of कन्या (fem ā-stem)
direct
singular
कन्या
kanyā
direct
plural
कन्या
kanyā
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
कन्या
kanyā
कन्या
kanyā
oblique
सामान्यरूप
कन्ये
kanye
कन्यां-
kanyān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
कन्येला
kanyelā
कन्यांना
kanyānnā
ergative कन्येने, कन्येनं
kanyene, kanyena
कन्यांनी
kanyānnī
instrumental कन्येशी
kanyeśī
कन्यांशी
kanyānśī
locative
सप्तमी
कन्येत
kanyet
कन्यांत
kanyāt
vocative
संबोधन
कन्ये
kanye
कन्यांनो
kanyānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of कन्या (fem ā-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म
feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular*
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
कन्येचा
kanyeċā
कन्येचे
kanyeċe
कन्येची
kanyecī
कन्येच्या
kanyecā
कन्येचे, कन्येचं
kanyeċe, kanyeċa
कन्येची
kanyecī
कन्येच्या
kanyecā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
कन्यांचा
kanyānċā
कन्यांचे
kanyānċe
कन्यांची
kanyāñcī
कन्यांच्या
kanyāncā
कन्यांचे, कन्यांचं
kanyānċe, kanyānċa
कन्यांची
kanyāñcī
कन्यांच्या
kanyāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

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See also

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Zodiac signs in Marathi · राशी (rāśī) (layout · text)
मेष (meṣ) वृषभ (vŕṣabh) मिथुन (mithun) कर्क (karka)
सिंह (siuha) कन्या (kanyā) तूळ (tūḷ) वृश्चिक (vŕścik)
धनु (dhanu) मकर (makar) कुंभ (kumbha) मीन (mīn)

References

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  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “कन्या”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “कन्या”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Nepali

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कन्या (kanyā).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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कन्या (kanyāf

  1. girl
    Synonym: केटी (keṭī)
  2. virgin
    Synonym: कुमारी (kumārī)
  3. (astronomy) The constellation Virgo
  4. (astrology) A virgo

See also

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Zodiac signs in Nepali · राशि (rāśi) (layout · text)
मेष (meṣ) वृष (vr̥ṣ) मिथुन (mithuna) कर्कट (karkaṭ)
सिंह (siṅha) कन्या (kanyā) तुला (tulā) वृश्चिक (vr̥ścik)
धनु (dhanu) मकर (makar) कुम्भ (kumbha) मीन (mīna)

Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kanyáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanyáH (maiden, virgin, unmarried girl), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (new, fresh). Cognate with Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬁 (kaniiā, maiden), Middle Persian [script needed] (knykʿ /⁠kanīg⁠/) (whence Persian کنیز (kaniz)), Latin re-cēns (recent; fresh; young), Ancient Greek καινός (kainós, new).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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कन्या (kanyā̀) stemf

  1. maiden, virgin, unmarried girl
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.58.9:
      क॒न्या॑ इव वह॒तुमेत॒वा उ॑ अ॒ञ्ज्य॑ञ्जा॒ना अ॒भि चा॑कशीमि।
      यत्र॒ सोम॑: सू॒यते॒ यत्र॑ य॒ज्ञो घृ॒तस्य॒ धारा॑ अ॒भि तत्प॑वन्ते॥
      kanyā̀ iva vahatúmétavā́ u añjyàñjānā́ abhí cākaśīmi.
      yátra sóma: sūyáte yátra yajñó ghṛtásya dhā́rā abhí tátpavante.
      As maidens dock themselves with gay adornment to join the bridal feast, I now behold them.
      Where Soma flows and sacrifice is ready, thither the streams of holy oil are running.
  2. a daughter
  3. (astrology) the sign of the zodiac Virgo

Declension

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Feminine ā-stem declension of कन्या (kanyā̀)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कन्या
kanyā̀
कन्ये
kanyè
कन्याः
kanyā̀ḥ
Vocative कन्ये
kánye
कन्ये
kánye
कन्याः
kányāḥ
Accusative कन्याम्
kanyā̀m
कन्ये
kanyè
कन्याः
kanyā̀ḥ
Instrumental कन्यया / कन्या¹
kanyàyā / kanyā̀¹
कन्याभ्याम्
kanyā̀bhyām
कन्याभिः
kanyā̀bhiḥ
Dative कन्यायै
kanyā̀yai
कन्याभ्याम्
kanyā̀bhyām
कन्याभ्यः
kanyā̀bhyaḥ
Ablative कन्यायाः / कन्यायै²
kanyā̀yāḥ / kanyā̀yai²
कन्याभ्याम्
kanyā̀bhyām
कन्याभ्यः
kanyā̀bhyaḥ
Genitive कन्यायाः / कन्यायै²
kanyā̀yāḥ / kanyā̀yai²
कन्ययोः
kanyàyoḥ
कन्यानाम्
kanyā̀nām
Locative कन्यायाम्
kanyā̀yām
कन्ययोः
kanyàyoḥ
कन्यासु
kanyā̀su
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

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Descendants

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See also

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Zodiac signs in Sanskrit (layout · text)
मेष (meṣa) ऋषभ (ṛṣabha) मिथुन (mithuna) कर्कटक (karkaṭaka)
सिंह (siṃha) कन्या (kanyā) तुला (tulā) वृश्चिक (vṛścika)
धनु (dhanu) मकर (makara) कुम्भ (kumbha) मीन (mīna)

References

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  • Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “कन्या”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
  • कन्या” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 108.
  • Monier Williams (1899) “कन्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0249.
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “कन्या”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 062
  • Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 187
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 297-8