कनीज़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (kaniz), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (knyck' /kanīzag/), diminutive of [Book Pahlavi needed] (knyk' /kanīg/, “maid”) from Proto-Iranian *kanyáH (“small girl; maiden”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanyáH, from Proto-Indo-European *ken-. Doublet of कन्या (kanyā). Compare Punjabi ਕਨੀਜ਼ (kanīz) / کَنیز‎ (kanez).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kə.niːz/, [kə.n̪iːz], /kə.niːd͡ʒ/, [kə.n̪iːd͡ʒ]
Rhymes: -iːz

Noun

कनीज़ • (kanīz) f (Urdu spelling کنیز‎)

maidservant, handmaid, slave-girl
Synonyms: दासी (dāsī), बाँदी (bā̃dī), लौंडी (lauṇḍī), सेविका (sevikā)

Declension

Declension of कनीज़ (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कनीज़ kanīz	कनीज़ें kanīzẽ
oblique	कनीज़ kanīz	कनीज़ों kanīzõ
vocative	कनीज़ kanīz	कनीज़ो kanīzo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “kanīz”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 165

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