कन्या

See also: कनिया

Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कन्या (kanyā́), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kanyáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanyáH, from Proto-Indo-European *ken-. Doublet of कनीज़ (kanīz).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kən.jɑː/, [kə̃n̪.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
Declension of कन्या (fem ā-stem)
singular plural
direct कन्या
kanyā		 कन्याएँ
kanyāẽ
oblique कन्या
kanyā		 कन्याओं
kanyāõ
vocative कन्या
kanyā		 कन्याओ
kanyāo

Derived terms

Proper noun

कन्या • (kanyā) f (Urdu spelling کنیا‎)

  1. (astrology, astronomy) Virgo

References

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कन्या (kanyā́), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kanyáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanyáH, from Proto-Indo-European *ken-. Compare 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
Declension of कन्या (kanyā)
direct
singular		 कन्या
kanyā
direct
plural		 कन्या
kanyā
singular plural
nominative कन्या
kanyā		 कन्या
kanyā
oblique कन्ये-
kanye-		 कन्यां-
kanyāN-
dative कन्येला
kanyelā		 कन्यांना
kanyāNnā
ergative कन्येने
kanyene		 कन्यांनी
kanyāNni
instrumental कन्येशी
kanyeśi		 कन्यांशी
kanyāNśi
locative कन्येत
kanyet		 कन्यांत
kanyāNt
vocative कन्ये
kanye		 कन्यांनो
kanyāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of कन्या
masculine object feminine object neuter object oblique
singular plural singular plural singular* plural
singular subject कन्येचा
kanyeċā		 कन्येचे
kanyece		 कन्येची
kanyeci		 कन्येच्या
kanyeca		 कन्येचे, कन्येचं
kanyece, kanyeċa		 कन्येची
kanyeci		 कन्येच्या
kanyeca
plural subject कन्यांचा
kanyāNċā		 कन्यांचे
kanyāNce		 कन्यांची
kanyāNci		 कन्यांच्या
kanyāNca		 कन्यांचे, कन्यांचं
kanyāNce, kanyāNċa		 कन्यांची
kanyāNci		 कन्यांच्या
kanyāNca
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

See also
Zodiac signs in Marathi · राशी (rāśī) (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, “कन्या”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “कन्या”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Nepali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कन्या (kanyā).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kʌnjä]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: कन्या
  • IPA(key): [kʌnːjä]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: क्aन्न्y्ā

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 (mithun) ♊︎ कर्कट (karkaṭ) ♋︎
सिंह (siṅha) ♌︎ कन्या (kanyā) ♍︎ तुला (tulā) ♎︎ वृश्चिक (vr̥ścik) ♏︎
धनु (dhanu) ♐︎ मकर (makar) ♑︎ कुम्भ (kumbha) ♒︎ मीन (mīn) ♓︎

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
  • ᬓᬦ᭄ᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
  • কন্যা (Assamese script)
  • কন্যা (Bengali script)
  • 𑰎𑰡𑰿𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀓𑀦𑁆𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌕𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
  • કન્યા (Gujarati script)
  • ਕਨੑਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦏꦤꦾꦴ (Javanese script)
  • កន្យា (Khmer script)
  • ಕನ್ಯಾ (Kannada script)
  • ກນ຺ຍາ (Lao script)
  • കന്യാ (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘎𑘡𑘿𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
  • ᢉᠠᠨᠶ᠎ᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • ᡬᠠᠨᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
  • ကနျာ (Burmese script)
  • 𑦮𑧁𑧠𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐎𑐣𑑂𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
  • କନ୍ଯା (Oriya script)
  • ꢒꢥ꣄ꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆑𑆤𑇀𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖎𑖡𑖿𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
  • කන්යා (Sinhalese script)
  • కన్యా (Telugu script)
  • กนฺยา (Thai script)
  • ཀ་ནྱཱ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒏𑒢𑓂𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanyáH (“maiden, virgin, unmarried girl”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“new, fresh”) (whence also कनीन (kanī́na, “young, youthful”)). 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) f (metrical Vedic kaníyā)

  1. maiden, virgin, unmarried girl
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.58.09:
      क॒न्या॑ इव वह॒तुमेत॒वा उ॑ अ॒ञ्ज्य॑ञ्जा॒ना अ॒भि चा॑कशीमि ।
      kanyā iva vahatumetavā u añjyañjānā abhi cākaśīmi .
      As maidens dock themselves with gay adornment to join the bridal feast, I now behold them.
    • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
    • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
  2. a daughter
  3. (astrology) the sign of the zodiac Virgo
  4. the female of any animal
  5. name of Durga
  6. (botany) name of a tuberous plant growing in Kashmir
  7. Aloe perfoliata; rubble aloe, mitre aloe
  8. name of several other plants
  9. (prosody) name of a metre (of four lines, each of them containing four long syllables)

Declension
Feminine ā-stem declension of कन्या (kanyā̀)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कन्या
kanyā̀		 कन्ये
kanyè		 कन्याः
kanyā̀ḥ
Vocative कन्ये
kánye		 कन्ये
kánye		 कन्याः
kányāḥ
Accusative कन्याम्
kanyā̀m		 कन्ये
kanyè		 कन्याः
kanyā̀ḥ
Instrumental कन्यया / कन्या¹
kanyàyā / kanyā̀¹		 कन्याभ्याम्
kanyā̀bhyām		 कन्याभिः
kanyā̀bhiḥ
Dative कन्यायै
kanyā̀yai		 कन्याभ्याम्
kanyā̀bhyām		 कन्याभ्यः
kanyā̀bhyaḥ
Ablative कन्यायाः
kanyā̀yāḥ		 कन्याभ्याम्
kanyā̀bhyām		 कन्याभ्यः
kanyā̀bhyaḥ
Genitive कन्यायाः
kanyā̀yāḥ		 कन्ययोः
kanyàyoḥ		 कन्यानाम्
kanyā̀nām
Locative कन्यायाम्
kanyā̀yām		 कन्ययोः
kanyàyoḥ		 कन्यासु
kanyā̀su
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

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
  • Balinese: ᬓᬦ᭄ᬬ (kanya)
  • Gandhari: 𐨐𐨎𐨙‎ (kaṃña)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸 (kaṇṇā)
  • Pali: kaññā
  • → Kannada: ಕನ್ಯೆ (kanye)
  • → Burmese: ကန် (kan)
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: कन्या (kanyā)
    Urdu: کنیا‎ (kanyā)
  • → Lü: ᦂᧃᦍᦱ (k̇anyaa)
  • → Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: कन्या (kanyā)
    Modi script: 𑘎𑘡𑘿𑘧𑘰 (kanyā)
  • → Telugu: కన్య (kanya)
  • → Thai: กันยา (gan-yaa)
  • → Bhojpuri: 𑂍𑂢𑂱𑂨𑂰 (kaniyā)

See also
Zodiac signs in Sanskrit (layout · text)
मेष (meṣa) ♈︎ ऋषभ (ṛṣabha) ♉︎ मिथुन (mithuna) ♊︎ कर्कटक (karkaṭaka) ♋︎
सिंह (siṃha) ♌︎ कन्या (kanyā) ♍︎ तुला (tulā) ♎︎ वृश्चिक (vṛścika) ♏︎
धनु (dhanu) ♐︎ मकर (makara) ♑︎ कुम्भ (kumbha) ♒︎ मीन (mīna) ♓︎

Further reading
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