कन्या

See also: कनिया

Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कन्या (kanyā́).

Noun

कन्या • (kanyā) f (Urdu spelling کنیا‎)

  1. girl
  2. virgin
  3. daughter

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kanyáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanyáH, from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“new, fresh”) (whence also कनीन (kanī́na, “young, youthful”)). Cognate with Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬈‎‎ (kaine‎, “maiden”), Latin re-cēns (“recent; fresh; young”), Ancient Greek καινός (kainós, “new”).

Pronunciation

Noun

कन्या • (kanyā́) f

  1. girl, virgin, daughter
  2. (astrology) the sign of the zodiac Virgo
  3. the female of any animal
  4. name of Durga
  5. (botany) name of a tuberous plant growing in Kashmir
  6. Aloe perfoliata; rubble aloe, mitre aloe
  7. name of several other plants
  8. (prosody) name of a metre (of four lines, each of them containing four long syllables)

Declension
Feminine ā-stem declension of कन्या (kanyā́)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कन्या
kanyā́		 कन्ये
kanyé		 कन्याः
kanyā́ḥ
Vocative कन्ये
kánye		 कन्ये
kánye		 कन्याः
kányāḥ
Accusative कन्याम्
kanyā́m		 कन्ये
kanyé		 कन्याः
kanyā́ḥ
Instrumental कन्यया / कन्या¹
kanyáyā / kanyā́¹		 कन्याभ्याम्
kanyā́bhyām		 कन्याभिः
kanyā́bhiḥ
Dative कन्यायै
kanyā́yai		 कन्याभ्याम्
kanyā́bhyām		 कन्याभ्यः
kanyā́bhyaḥ
Ablative कन्यायाः
kanyā́yāḥ		 कन्याभ्याम्
kanyā́bhyām		 कन्याभ्यः
kanyā́bhyaḥ
Genitive कन्यायाः
kanyā́yāḥ		 कन्ययोः
kanyáyoḥ		 कन्यानाम्
kanyā́nām
Locative कन्यायाम्
kanyā́yām		 कन्ययोः
kanyáyoḥ		 कन्यासु
kanyā́su
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • “कन्या” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, OCLC 186102264, page 108.
  • Monier Williams (1899), “कन्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0249.
  • Arthur A. Macdonell, A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, 1893, page 062
  • Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 187
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