کنیز

Persian

Etymology

A variant of ‎ (kanizak), from Middle Persian [script needed] (knyck' /kanīzag/), diminutive of [script needed] (knyk' /kanīg/, “maid”) from Proto-Iranian *kanyáH (“small girl; maiden”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanyáH.

Noun

کنیز • (kaniz)

maidservant

Descendants

→ Hindustani:
Hindi: कनीज़ (kanīz)

Urdu: کنیز‎ (kanīz)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਕਨੀਜ਼ (kanīz)

Shahmukhi script: کَنیز‎ (kanez)
→ Southern Kurdish: کەنیژ‎ (kenîj, “maidservant”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (kaniz), from Proto-Iranian *kanyáH (“small girl; maiden”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanyáH. Doublet of کنّیا‎ (kannayā).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kə.niːz/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /kə.niːz/
Rhymes: -iːz

Noun

کَنِیز • (kanīz) f (Hindi spelling कनीज़)

maid, slave-girl
Synonyms: لونڈی‎ (launḍī), باندی‎ (bāndī)

Declension

Declension of کنیز
	singular	plural
direct	کنیز‎ (kanīz)	کنیزیں‎ (kanīzẽ)
oblique	کنیز‎ (kanīz)	کنیزوں‎ (kanīzõ)
vocative	کنیز‎ (kanīz)	کنیزو‎ (kanīzo)

References

“کنیز”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“کنیز”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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