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कन्या

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Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

कन्या • (kanyā) f (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

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

Proper noun

कन्या • (kanyā) f (Urdu spelling کنیا)

  1. (astrology, astronomy) Virgo

References

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Marathi

Etymology

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

Noun

कन्या • (kanyā) f

  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

More information Declension of कन्या (fem ā-stem), direct singular ...
More information Genitive declension of कन्या (fem ā-stem), masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म ...

Derived terms

See also

Zodiac signs in Marathi · रास (rās) (layout · text)

मेष (meṣ)
वृषभ (vruṣabh)
मिथुन (mithun)
कर्क (karka)

सिंह (siuha)
कन्या (kanyā)
तूळ (tūḷ)
वृश्चिक (vruścik)

धनु (dhanu)
मकर (makar)
कुंभ (kumbha)
मीन (mīn)

References

  • 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
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Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कन्या (kanyā).

Pronunciation

Noun

कन्या • (kanyā) f

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

See also

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

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • কন্যা (Assamese script)
  • ᬓᬦ᭄ᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
  • কন্যা (Bengali script)
  • 𑰎𑰡𑰿𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀓𑀦𑁆𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • ကနျာ (Burmese script)
  • કન્યા (Gujarati script)
  • ਕਨ੍ਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌕𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
  • ꦏꦤꦾꦴ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂍𑂢𑂹𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
  • ಕನ್ಯಾ (Kannada script)
  • កន្យា (Khmer script)
  • ກນ຺ຍາ (Lao script)
  • കന്യാ (Malayalam script)
  • ᡬᠠᠨᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘎𑘡𑘿𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
  • ᢉᠠᠨᠶ᠎ᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦮𑧁𑧠𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐎𑐣𑑂𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
  • କନ୍ଯା (Odia script)
  • ꢒꢥ꣄ꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆑𑆤𑇀𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖎𑖡𑖿𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
  • කන්‍යා (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩜𑩯 𑪙𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚊𑚝𑚶𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
  • கந்யா (Tamil script)
  • కన్యా (Telugu script)
  • กนฺยา (Thai script)
  • ཀ་ནྱཱ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒏𑒢𑓂𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨋𑨝𑩇𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Noun

कन्या • (kanyā̀) stem, f

  1. maiden, virgin, unmarried girl
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.58.9:
      क॒न्या॑ इव वह॒तुमेत॒वा उ॑ अ॒ञ्ज्य॑ञ्जा॒ना अ॒भि चा॑कशीमि।
      यत्र॒ सोमः॑ सू॒यते॒ यत्र॑ य॒ज्ञो घृ॒तस्य॒ धारा॑ अ॒भि तत्प॑वन्ते॥
      kanyā̀ iva vahatúmétavā́ u añjyàñjānā́ abhí cākaśīmi.
      yátra sómaḥ 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

More information singular, dual ...
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

  • अकन्या (ákanyā)
  • कन्याग्रहण (kanyāgrahaṇa, “taking a girl in marriage”)
  • कन्याट (kanyāṭa, “following after young girls”)
  • कन्यात्व (kanyātva, “virginity”)
  • कन्यादातृ (kanyādātṛ, “man who gives a daughter in marriage”)
  • कन्यादान (kanyādāna, “bestowal of a daughter in marriage”)
  • कन्याभर्तृ (kanyābhartṛ, “a daughter's husband, son-in-law”)
  • कन्याभाव (kanyābhāva, “virginity, maidenhood”)
  • कन्यार्थिन् (kanyārthin, “wanting or desiring a girl”)
  • कन्यावत् (kanyāvat, “having a daughter, father”)
  • कन्यावेदिन् (kanyāvedin, “son-in-law”)

Descendants

See also

Zodiac signs in Sanskrit · राशिचक्र (rāśicakra) (layout · text)

मेष (meṣa)
वृषभ (vṛṣabha)
मिथुन (mithuna)
कर्कटक (karkaṭaka)

सिंह (siṃha)
कन्या (kanyā)
तुला (tulā)
वृश्चिक (vṛścika)

धनु (dhanu)
मकर (makara)
कुम्भ (kumbha)
मीन (mīna)

References

  • 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]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 297-8
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