कन्याकुमारी

Hindi

कन्याकुमारी (kanyākumārī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil கன்னியாகுமரி (kaṉṉiyākumari). By surface analysis, कन्या (kanyā) +‎ कुमारी (kumārī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kən.jɑː.kʊ.mɑː.ɾiː/, [kɐ̃ɲ.jäː.kʊ.mäː.ɾiː]
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: क‧न्या‧कु‧मा‧री, कन्‧या‧कु‧मा‧री

Proper noun

कन्याकुमारी • (kanyākumārī) f (Urdu spelling کَنیاکُماری)

1. Kanyakumari (a town in Tamil Nadu, India)
   • 2013, “कश्मीर मैं, तू कन्याकुमारी [kaśmīr ma͠i, tū kanyākumārī]”, in Amitabh Bhattacharya (lyrics), Vishal–Shekhar (music), Chennai Express (soundtrack), performed by Arijit Singh, Sunidhi Chauhan, Neeti Mohan:

     कश्मीर मैं, तू कन्याकुमारी
     उत्तर ने दक्षिण को अफ़लातून आँख मारी
     कश्मीर तू, मैं कन्याकुमारी
     तेल बेचने जाए तो फिर ये दुनिया सारी

     kaśmīr ma͠i, tū kanyākumārī
     uttar ne dakṣiṇ ko aflātūn ā̃kh mārī
     kaśmīr tū, ma͠i kanyākumārī
     tel becne jāe to phir ye duniyā sārī

     I am Kashmir, and you are Kanyakumari
     The North cleverly winked at the South
     You are Kashmir, and I am Kanyakumari
     Let the world be ignored and forgotten then.

Declension

Declension of कन्याकुमारी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कन्याकुमारी kanyākumārī	कन्याकुमारियाँ kanyākumāriyā̃
oblique	कन्याकुमारी kanyākumārī	कन्याकुमारियों kanyākumāriyõ
vocative	कन्याकुमारी kanyākumārī	कन्याकुमारियो kanyākumāriyo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “कन्याकुमारी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 779
• “कन्याकुमारी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.