कनीज़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کنیز (kanīz), 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) IPA(key): /kə.niːz/, [kɐ.niːz], /kə.niːd͡ʒ/, [kɐ.niːd͡ʒ]
  • Rhymes: -iːz

Noun

कनीज़ • (kanīz) f (Urdu spelling کنیز)

  1. 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

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